PENITENCE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • remorse for your past conduct
   Synonym(s)
   • penance (what does penance mean?)
   • repentance (what does repentance mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) penitence is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • compunction (what does compunction mean?)
   • remorse (what does remorse mean?)
   • self-reproach (what does self-reproach mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • repent (what does repent mean?)
   • regret (what does regret mean?)
   • rue (what does rue mean?)