They demand public penitence from me.
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Penitence
Synonyms for "penitence" (66 found)
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17 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- разкаяние noun (condition of being penitent)
Dutch
2 entries- boetedoening noun (condition of being penitent)
- inkeer noun (condition of being penitent)
Finnish
1 entries- katumus noun (condition of being penitent)
Galician
1 entries- penitencia noun (condition of being penitent)
German
3 entries- Buße noun (condition of being penitent)
- Bußfertigkeit noun (condition of being penitent)
- Reue noun (condition of being penitent)
Indonesian
1 entries- penitensi noun (condition of being penitent)
Irish
1 entries- aithrí noun (condition of being penitent)
Old French
1 entries- penitence noun (condition of being penitent)
Portuguese
2 entries- contrição noun (condition of being penitent)
- penitência noun (condition of being penitent)
Slovak
3 entries- kajúcnosť noun (condition of being penitent)
- pokánie noun (condition of being penitent)
- ľútosť noun (condition of being penitent)
Spanish
1 entries- penitencia noun (condition of being penitent)
Sample sentences
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They demanded public penitence from me.
Source: tatoeba (10366233)
an assassin who misses his aim and flounders into penitence much as that discomfortable drama misses its point and stumbles into vacuity
Source: wiktionary
As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror.
Source: wiktionary
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