repentances
Feelings of contrition
Repentances is the plural of repentance—instances of feeling remorse or regret for wrongdoing.
The word implies not just guilt but a turning away from past behavior: His repentances always seemed sincere, but the habits returned.
Religious contexts often involve formal acts of repentance; the plural suggests multiple occasions or expressions of such contrition.
Acts of revealing guilt
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
salvation · forgiveness · sins · prayers · redemption · confession · sacrament · rosary
Sorrows over past actions
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- shamePainful awareness of failure
apologies · tears · anguish · self-reproach · conscience · heartache · grief · torment
Compensation for wrongdoing
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- changeTo make different
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
reparation · correction · rehabilitation · transformation · restoration · compensation · turning point · new leaf
Ceremonial repeated practices
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- Yom KippurAnnual Jewish atonement observance
- LentChristian fasting season
- RamadanNinth Islamic month
confession · purification rites · fasting · almsgiving · ancestral · communal · public apology · truth commissions
confessions
Acts of revealing guilt
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
contrition · salvation · forgiveness · sins · prayers · redemption · confession · sacrament · rosary · fasting
regrets
Sorrows over past actions
shame · apologies · tears · anguish · self-reproach · conscience · heartache · grief · torment · self-blame
amends
Compensation for wrongdoing
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- changeTo make different
reconciliation · reparation · correction · rehabilitation · transformation · restoration · compensation · turning point · new leaf · vows
rituals
Ceremonial repeated practices
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- Yom KippurAnnual Jewish atonement observance
- LentChristian fasting season
Ramadan · confession · purification rites · fasting · almsgiving · ancestral · communal · public apology · truth commissions · reparations
repentancesimpenitence
Lack of contrition
unrepentance · remorselessness · justifications · excuses · defiance
repentancespride
Satisfaction from one's achievements
self-satisfaction · smugness · gloating · boastfulness · glorying
repentancesrecidivism
Habitual return to crime
backsliding · relapse · continuation · repetition · doubling down