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Penitence vs Humiliation - What's the difference?

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Penitence is a synonym of humiliation.


As nouns the difference between penitence and humiliation

is that penitence is penance while humiliation is the act of humiliating]] or [[humble#verb|humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.

penitence

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(-)
  • of being (l).
  • of (l) or (l) for doing (l) or (l).
  • Synonyms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l) * See also

    humiliation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of humiliating]] or [[humble#Verb, humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
  • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}
  • The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
  • *
  •     One morning Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln were having breakfast when Lincoln did something that aroused the fiery temper of his wife. What, no one remembers now. But Mrs. Lincoln, in a rage, dashed a cup of hot coffee into her husband's face. And she did it in front of the other boarders.
        Saying nothing, Lincoln sat there in humiliation and silence while Mrs. Early came with a wet towel and wiped off his face and clothes.

    Synonyms

    * abasement * dishonor * embarrassment * humbling * shame, shaming