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Word: penitent (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Doing penance.
  • 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.

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Noun:

  • One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
  • One under the direction of a confessor.
  • One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.

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