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[ pen -i-tuh nt ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈpɛn ɪ tənt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
noun a penitent person.
Roman Catholic Church . a person who confesses sin and submits to a penance.
Origin of penitent 1325–75; Middle English <Medieval Latin
pēnitent-, Latin
paenitent- (stem of
paenitēns ), present participle of
paenitēre to regret; replacing Middle English
penaunt <Anglo-French; see penance
SYNONYMS FOR penitent 1 remorseful, rueful, sorrowful.
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ANTONYMS FOR penitent 1 unrepentant, impenitent.
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OTHER WORDS FROM penitent pen·i·tent·ly, adverb non·pen·i·tent, adjective, noun un·pen·i·tent, adjective un·pen·i·tent·ly, adverb Words nearby penitent Peninsula War, penis, penischisis, penis envy, penitence, penitent , Penitente, penitential, penitential Psalm, penitentiary, penitis
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Example sentences from the Web for penitent In one scene, a penitent missus in a shapeless tube dress scratches her head and admits to having crashed the car.
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Still, that might not do it: not every believer, or even all members of the penitent , will be taken.
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He would later say about his subway pictures that they were made in the “hands of a penitent spy and an apologetic voyeur.”
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I was glad to learn that Mary Magdalene's penitent side was not the main attraction here.
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Raised without sexual guilt, I was never drawn to the idea of Mary Magdalene as a penitent sinner.
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He was penitent at once, and full of promises never to ask her again to do anything that might cause an instant's remorse.
Guy and Pauline | Compton Mackenzie
It is not the abominable prayer that God commandeth, but the faithful, penitent prayer.
A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4) | Richard Baxter
The prayers of the penitent and the shouts of the saved greeted every hour of the night.
Thirty Years in the Itinerancy | Wesson Gage Miller
A penitent heart, or a consciousness of the pardon of God, are not fit considerations for a jury-box.
The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain | William Carleton
But the next Colloquy, called the Penitent Virgin, describes how she changed her mind and came out again.
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British Dictionary definitions for penitent 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 of penitent penitence , noun penitently , adverb Word Origin for penitent C14: from Church Latin paenitēns regretting, from paenitēre to repent, of obscure origin
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Words related to penitent repentant, abject, apologetic, conscience-stricken, contrite, regretful, remorseful, rueful, sorry, compunctious, penitential, atoning, attritional