Penitential
Penitential adjective - Showing or constituting penance.
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Synonyms for Penitential
Shamefaced and penitential are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shamefaced" instead an adjective "Penitential".
Shamefaced
Shamefaced adjective - Suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Usage example: the newspaper offered a shamefaced apology for having published photographs that were later exposed as fakes
Penitential and shamefaced are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Penitential" instead an adjective "Shamefaced".
Nearby Word: shamefacedly
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Related pairs
- humble and penitential
- humble and shamefaced
- sorry and penitential
- sorry and shamefaced
- sorrowful and penitential
- sorrowful and shamefaced
- rueful and penitential
- rueful and shamefaced
- regretful and penitential
- regretful and shamefaced
- mortified and penitential
- mortified and shamefaced
- ashamed and penitential
- ashamed and shamefaced
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