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Repentance vs Absolution - What's the difference?

repentance | absolution |

As nouns the difference between repentance and absolution

is that repentance is the condition of being penitent while absolution is absolution.

repentance

English

Alternative forms

* repentaunce (archaic)

Noun

(wikipedia repentance) (-)
  • The condition of being penitent.
  • A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.
  • Synonyms

    * compunction * contrition * penitence * remorse * See also

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    absolution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
  • Forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
  • The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
  • (Shipley)
  • An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
  • Government ... granting absolution to the nation.
  • (obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
  • (Ben Jonson)

    Derived terms

    * Absolution day

    See also

    * indulgence

    References

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