confitentn.
/ˈkɒnfɪtənt/ One who confesses; a penitent.
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penantc1330
repentantc1390
penitenta1425
penancera1500
repenter1543
penitentiary1563
shrift child1568
penitentionary1577
contritea1600
penitencerc1600
confessanta1603
shriveling1603
confitent1606
confessary1608
penitentiala1633
confessionaire1747
mourner1807
1606 True Relation Proc. at Arraignm. Late Traitors 366 For who could hope to draw that from a Confitent or a Confessor.
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety vii. 150 How wide a difference there is, between a mere Confitent & a true Penitent.
1858 Sat. Rev. 24 July 73/1 Suggested by the prurient fancy of the eager confitent.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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n.1606- to give wish the time of day to
- to give with or against
- to give words
- to give words to
- to give, etc lill for loll
- to give, etc, a hostage to fortune
- to give, get goss
- to give, get, have, take a warm
- to give, have the wind of
- to give, lay down, yield the bucklers
- to give, pay heed
- to give, pay heed to
- to give, set an ensample
- to give, set ensample
- to give, take seisin
- to givea sob
- to glamp at
- to glance aside, off
- to glance at
- to glance at against
- to glance at upon
- to glance back
- to glance down, up
- to glance on
- to glance one's eye, look