Penitent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins.
  • n. One who is penitent.
  • n. A person performing penance under the direction of a confessor.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.
  • adj. Doing penance.
  • n. One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his or her transgressions.
  • n. One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
  • n. One under the direction of a confessor.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.
  • adj. Doing penance.
  • n. One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
  • n. One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
  • n. One under the direction of a confessor.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Sorry for sin or for offense committed; contrite; troubled by a sense of guilt and resolved on amendment; repentant.
  • Doing penance; suffering.
  • n. One who repents, or is sorry for sin, transgression, or offending; a contrite or repentant person.
  • n. Eccles., one who makes confession of sin and undergoes, under priestly direction, the ecclesiastical discipline prescribed for its absolution.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  • n. (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
    • Equivalent
    remorseful    rueful    ruthful    penitentiary    penitential   
    Cross Reference
    penitents   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    repentant    contrite    regretful    remorseful    penaunt   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    repentant    sorrowful    meek    suppliant    worshipper   
     
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