Repentance.
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A pricking; stimulation.
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Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commissio…
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The act of punishing.
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The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life.
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The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
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The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.
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Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime.
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Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or…
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Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or…
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Penitent; sorry for sin.
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Penitent; sorry for sin.
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An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
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The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.
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A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits.
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The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition.
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The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin.
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Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
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