different between repentance vs contriteness

English

Alternative forms

• repentaunce (archaic)

Etymology

First attested circa 14th century, from Old French repentance. More at repent.

Pronunciation

• enPR: [r?-p?n?t?ns], IPA^(key): /???p?nt?ns/
• Hyphenation: re?pen?tance

Noun

repentance (countable and uncountable, plural repentances)

1. The condition of being penitent.
   • 1678, Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, second period

     God hath denied me repentance. His words gives me no encouragement to believe.

2. A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.

Synonyms

• compunction
• contrition
• penitence
• remorse
• See also Thesaurus:remorse

Related terms

• repent
• repentant
• repentantly
• repented
• repenting

Translations

Anagrams

• penetrance

French

Etymology

Old French

Noun

repentance f (plural repentances)

1. repentance

Related terms

• repentir

Further reading

• “repentance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French repentance

Noun

repentance f (plural repentances)

1. repentance

Related terms

• repentir

Old French

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

repentance f (nominative singular repentance)

1. repentance

Descendants

• English: repentance
• French: repentance

English

Etymology

contrite +? -ness

Noun

contriteness (uncountable)

1. The state of being contrite.