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penitent

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pen⋅i⋅tent

  [pen-i-tuhnt]
–adjective
1. feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
–noun
2. a penitent person.
3. Roman Catholic Church. a person who confesses sin and submits to a penance.
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Origin:
1325–75; ME < ML pēnitent-, L paenitent- (s. of paenitēns), prp. of paenitēre to regret; r. ME penaunt < AF; see penance

Related forms:
pen⋅i⋅tent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. remorseful, rueful, sorrowful.

Antonyms:
1. unrepentant, impenitent.
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pen·i·tent   (pěn'ĭ-tənt)   
adj.  Feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins.
n.  

  1. One who is penitent.

  2. A person performing penance under the direction of a confessor.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin pēnitēns, pēnitent-, from Latin paenitēns, present participle of paenitēre, to repent.]
pen'i·tent·ly adv.
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