penitence

n.

忏悔，赎罪；悔过；

1. The thief expressed penitence for all his past actions.
   那盗贼对他犯过的一切罪恶表示忏悔。
2. The message, she thought, would be one of affectionate penitence to her father.
   信息，她想，那准是对父亲的充满感情的忏悔。
3. Of penitence , there has been none!
   可是悔过呢，还一点没有！
4. The only way to reach such a soul is through penitence and mercy.
   悔过和行善是唯一的补救方法。

Penitence
"Pearl", Penitence, and the Recovery of the Self
Treatises on Penance: On Penitence and on Purity
GREEN IMPERIALISM: POLLUTION, PENITENCE, PROFITS
From Plowing to Penitence: Piers Plowman and Fourteenth-Century Theology
Penitence after accusations of error: 100 Years of Monetary Policy at the U.S. Federal Reserve
From Penitence to Charity: Pious Women and the Catholic Reformation in Paris by Barbara B. Diefendorf
Rhetorics of judge-penitence: Claiming moral superiority through admissions of past wrongdoing
On Penitence and Penitentiaries: A Prison Inmate Tells How Centering Prayer Brought Him to the Truth of Lent and Easter
Precautionary principle and/or risk assessment: A penitence in contemporary political culture