Penitentadjective
Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; feeling sincere guilt.
Penitentadjective
Doing penance.
Penitentnoun
One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his or her transgressions.
Penitentnoun
One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
Penitentnoun
One under the direction of a confessor.
Penitentadjective
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.
Penitentadjective
Doing penance.
Penitentnoun
One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
Penitentnoun
One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
Penitentnoun
One under the direction of a confessor.
Penitentnoun
(Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
Penitentadjective
feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
Unpenitentadjective
Not penitent; impenitent.
Unpenitentadjective
Impenitent.