All repentance synonyms
re·pent·ance
R r noun repentance
- expiation — The act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.
- lamentation — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- compunction — If you say that someone has no compunction about doing something, you mean that they do it without feeling ashamed or guilty.
- qualm — an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
- contriteness — caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- attrition — Attrition is a process in which you steadily reduce the strength of an enemy by continually attacking them.
- contrition — deeply felt remorse; penitence
interj repentance
- mea culpa — an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.