wearing a hairshirt Synonyms
Here are words similar to wearing a hairshirt:
abject apology,
about-face,
accommodation,
acknowledgment,
adaptation,
adjustment,
admission,
adoption,
advocating,
advocation,
alibi,
alteration,
amelioration,
amendment,
amends,
apologetic,
apologetics,
apologia,
apologies,
apology,
apostasy,
argument,
argumentation,
atonement,
attrition,
ayenbite of inwit,
betterment,
bicker,
bickering,
bitterness,
blind,
break,
breast-beating,
casuistry,
championing,
change,
change of allegiance,
change of heart,
change of mind,
changeableness,
circumcision,
cloak,
color,
concession,
confession,
constructive change,
contention,
continuity,
contriteness,
contrition,
controversy,
conversion,
cover,
cover story,
cover-up,
deathbed repentance,
defection,
defense,
degeneration,
degenerative change,
deterioration,
deviation,
device,
difference,
discontinuity,
disputation,
dispute,
divergence,
diversification,
diversion,
diversity,
espousal,
excuse,
extenuation,
extremism,
Fabianism,
facade,
feint,
fitting,
flip-flop,
flyting,
front,
gloss,
gradual change,
gradualism,
grief,
guise,
handle,
hassle,
heartfelt apology,
hubbub,
improvement,
instauration,
justification,
lame excuse,
litigation,
locus standi,
logomachy,
mask,
mea culpa,
melioration,
meliorism,
mitigation,
modification,
modulation,
new birth,
new life,
ostensible motive,
overthrow,
palliation,
paper war,
passage of arms,
penance,
penitence,
polemic,
polemics,
poor excuse,
pretense,
pretension,
pretext,
progressivism,
protestation,
public motive,
put-off,
qualification,
radical change,
radical reform,
radicalism,
re-creation,
reactivation,
realignment,
rebirth,
reclamation,
reconstitution,
reconversion,
recrudescence,
redeemedness,
redemption,
redesign,
redintegration,
redress,
reenactment,
reestablishment,
reform,
reformation,
reformism,
refuge,
regeneration,
regret,
regretfulness,
regrets,
regretting,
rehabilitation,
reinstatement,
reinstation,
reinstitution,
reinvestiture,
reinvestment,
remaking,
remorse,
remorse of conscience,
remorsefulness,
renascence,
renewal,
reparation,
repentance,
repining,
replacement,
reshaping,
restitution,
restoration,
restructuring,
reversal,
reversion,
revisionism,
revival,
revivification,
revolution,
rhubarb,
saeta,
salvation,
satisfaction,
screen,
second birth,
semblance,
set-to,
sham,
shame,
shamefacedness,
shamefastness,
shamefulness,
shift,
show,
smoke screen,
sorriness,
sorrow,
spiritual purification,
stalking-horse,
stratagem,
subterfuge,
sudden change,
support,
switch,
total change,
transformation,
transition,
trick,
turn,
turnabout,
upheaval,
utopianism,
variation,
variety,
varnish,
veil,
verbal engagement,
violent change,
war of words,
wearing a hairshirt,
wistfulness,
