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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Penitence \Pen"i*tence\, n. [F. p['e]nitence, L. paenitentia
See {Penitent}, and cf {Penance}.]
The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition
of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance;
contrition. ``Penitence of his old guilt.'' --Chaucer.
Death is deferred, and penitenance has room To
mitigate, if not reverse, the doom. --Dryden.
Syn: Repentance; contrition; compunction.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
penitence
n : remorse for your past conduct [syn: {repentance}, {penance}]
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