REPENTING Synonyms

• feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

• feeling or revealing a sense of guilt

• feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds

• (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)

• showing or constituting penance

• feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

• feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

• feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

• bad; unfortunate

• without merit; of little or no value or use

• causing dejection

• acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

• feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

• feel sad about the loss or absence of

• decline formally or politely

• express with regret

• sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

• feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

• feel sad about the loss or absence of

• decline formally or politely

• express with regret

• European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy

• leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy

• sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

• (French) a street or road in France

• feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

• make amends for

• turn away from sin or do penitence