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sackcloth and ashes collapse: a display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief

Day of Atonement collapse

repentance collapse: remorse for your past conduct

Yom Kippur collapse: (Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law

asceticism collapse: rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint; the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state

penitence collapse

fasting collapse

flagellation collapse

penance collapse: a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution; voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

purgatory collapse: (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins; a temporary condition of torment or suffering; "a purgatory of drug abuse"

purgation collapse

mortification collapse: (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)

melted collapse: changed from a solid to a liquid state; "rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow"

satisfactional collapse

penitent collapse: (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor); feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds

redeeming collapse

purifying collapse: freeing from noxious matter; "filtration is a purifying agent"

lustral collapse

remorseful collapse

purgatorial collapse: of or resembling purgatory; "purgatorial fires"; serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites"

repentant collapse

restitutive collapse

functioning collapse: performing or able to perform its regular function; "a functioning flashlight"

sheepish collapse

penitential collapse: showing or constituting penance; "penitential tears"; "wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words"; of or relating to penitence or penance; "the Day of Atonement is the great penitential day of the Hebrew calendar"

offsetting collapse

retaliatory collapse: of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"

headwork collapse

humbled collapse

brainwork collapse

redemptive collapse: bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love"; of or relating to or resulting in redemption; "a redemptive theory about life"- E.K.Brown

apologetic collapse: offering or expressing apology; "an apologetic note"; "an apologetic manner"

compensatory collapse

reparative collapse

compensating collapse

propitiatory collapse

in practice collapse: in practical applications; "will this work in practice?"

in operation collapse

adjudicate collapse

operating collapse: involved in a kind of operation; "the operating conditions of the oxidation pond"

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