A centrifugal pendulum, in particular for arrangement on a drive shaft of an internal combustion engine, has a drive ring which can be mounted on a drive shaft for rotation therewith, and a synchronizing ring which is freely rotatable relative to the drive ring. The axis of rotation of the drive ring and the axis of rotation of the synchronizing ring are identical. The centrifugal pendulum further includes at least one pendulum body which is mounted movably on the drive ring. The pendulum body is kinematically coupled via at least one coupling element to the synchronizing ring such that, in the event of a rotation of the synchronizing ring relative to the drive ring in a first direction, the coupling element deflects the pendulum body toward the axis of rotation.