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Penitencer :: Penitencer (n.) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.

Fast :: Fast (v. i.) To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence..

Contriteness :: Contriteness (n.) Deep sorrow and penitence for sin; contrition.

Unconversion :: Unconversion (n.) The state of being unconverted; impenitence.

Sackcloth :: Sackcloth (n.) Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence..

Contrite :: Contrite (a.) Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent.

Penitency :: Penitency (n.) Penitence.

Irrepentance :: Irrepentance (n.) Want of repentance; impenitence.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (a.) Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter..

Unrepentance :: Unrepentance (n.) Impenitence.

Penitential :: Penitential (a.) Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears..

Penitence :: Penitence (n.) The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition.

Impenitence :: Impenitence (n.) The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.

Contrition :: Contrition (n.) The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance..

Impenitency :: Impenitency (n.) Impenitence.

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