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penitent
[ pen-i-tuhnt ]
adjective
- feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
Synonyms: sorrowful, rueful, remorseful
Antonyms: unrepentant, impenitent
noun
- a penitent person.
- Roman Catholic Church. a person who confesses sin and submits to a penance.
penitent
/ ˈpɛnɪtənt /
adjective
- feeling regret for one's sins; repentant
noun
- a person who is penitent
- Christianity
- a person who repents his sins and seeks forgiveness for them
- RC Church a person who confesses his sins to a priest and submits to a penance imposed by him
Derived Forms
- ˈpenitently, adverb
- ˈpenitence, noun
Other Words From
- peni·tent·ly adverb
- non·peni·tent adjective noun
- un·peni·tent adjective
- un·peni·tent·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of penitent1
Example Sentences
In one scene, a penitent missus in a shapeless tube dress scratches her head and admits to having crashed the car.
Still, that might not do it: not every believer, or even all members of the penitent, will be taken.
He would later say about his subway pictures that they were made in the “hands of a penitent spy and an apologetic voyeur.”
His admonition last week to the Irish church repeatedly emphasised that heaven still awaits the penitent pedophile priest.
I was glad to learn that Mary Magdalene's penitent side was not the main attraction here.
They are unquestionably penitent now; but then, you know, they have the recollection of very recent suffering fresh upon them.
Note that the penitent is here supposed to address his own parish-priest.
In this capacity, he assisted at the public confession of his penitent, Mme. Graslin, in the summer of 1844.
It was also, probably, designed as a protest against the rigour of the Novatians in refusing reconciliation to penitent apostates.
Discussions of the relative merits of The Fair Penitent and its source have been almost invariably acrimonious.
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