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Penitence

noun

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Noun

1
The condition of being penitent; a feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning. countable, uncountable
"an assassin who misses his aim and flounders into penitence much as that discomfortable drama misses its point and stumbles into vacuity"
2
remorse for your past conduct wordnet

Etymology

First attested circa 13th century, from Middle English penitence, from Old French penitence, from Latin paenitentia (“repentance, penitence”), from paenitēns (“penitent”), present active participle of paeniteō (“regret, repent”). Equivalent to penitent + -ence. Doublet of penance.

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