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penitent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | repentant |
| Derivation | penitence |
penitent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | religious person |
| Has types | flagellant |
Examples of penitent
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Diabolical and cowardly in his own eyes, Jean-Baptiste becomes publicly penitent.
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I hoisted it, penitent-style, over my shoulder and squirreled it into my truck.
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Years later it returns, penitent, wiser-but hungry once again for cheap loans.
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Other times he will use a portable screen to divide himself and the penitent.
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Now a penitent Jessica Vega of New York is paying back the well-wishers she cheated.
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A penitent Mr Camilleri has since promised Sellerio a new Montalbano for the winter.
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During this time, he allegedly wore only his penitent hair shirt and fasted.
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His ganas informed Ravana of whom he had crossed, upon which Ravana became penitent.
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States and Williams have acted, by turns, hostile and penitent in the past two weeks.
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- (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
- (penitently) showing remorse
- (penitence) repentance: remorse for your past conduct
- Penance is repentance of sins as well as the proper name of the Roman Catholic, Orthodox Christian, and Anglican Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation/Confession. It also plays a part in non-sacramental confession among Lutherans and other Protestants. ...
- One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions; One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance; One under the direction of a confessor; Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of ...
- (penitence) Condition of being penitent; Feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning
- (Penitence (90)) Originally, sacrifices made as an outward sign of contrition. Later, could be a sign of only attrition (fear of punishment) and used as a means to avoid punishment and attain forgiveness.
- (Penitence) An act, spiritual or physical, undertaken to absolve a sin.
