sackcloth ashes

Main Entry:
penance [pen-uhns]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: reparation for wrong
Synonyms: absolution, atonement, attrition, compensation, compunction, confession, contrition, expiation, forgiveness, hair shirt, mortification, penalty, penitence, punishment, purgation, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, retribution, rue, ruth, sackcloth and ashes, self-flagellation, shrift, sorrow, suffering
Search another word or see sackcloth asheson Dictionary |Spanish
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT