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Meanings of penitent in English

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penedit

Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds.

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      Examples for "repentant"
      1
      Seventy-two years a king; thirty years a libertine; twenty years a repentant.
      The Mississippi Bubble / How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and S...
      2
      I was and remain the wanderer, the undying, the repentant, the unforgiven.
      Thomas Wingfold, Curate V3
      3
      This disillusionment found its early expression in the lamentations of repentant assimilators.
      History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 2 [of 3] / From...
      4
      In an instant he had caught her in his arms, passionately repentant.
      The Splendid Folly
      5
      The service had now reached the stage of prayer for repentant sinners.
      Missy
      Usage of penitent in English
      1
      The most penitent of all was the deviser of the original idea.
      The Brownies and Other Tales
      2
      In his prayers the penitent in his confession says to this day:
      Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel
      3
      Page 168:-Oneof the confessors had a young penitent in the convent.
      The Priest, the Woman and the Confessional
      4
      The penitent soul is absorbed in the thought of its own evil.
      Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah
      5
      The penitent closes the prayer by another and still more earnest appeal:
      The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
      6
      Then at the penitent-form the Staff-Captain pointed the little one to Jesus.
      The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men"
      7
      But for my own share in the violation I was painfully penitent.
      Half a Century
      8
      The penitent was sent for, and repeated his confession to the principal.
      Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat: A Story of Travel and Ad...
      9
      Suddenly realizing she had taken her deliverance for granted, Faith was penitent.
      Frontier courtship
      10
      Therefore the innocent is more bound to give thanks than the penitent.
      Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
      11
      His experience of life had been longer than that of the penitent.
      The Golden House
      12
      It only needed a beginning, and the penitent bench would be crowded.
      In the Midst of Alarms
      13
      Really, I am so penitent at the message I am bringing you.
      The Brentons
      14
      Apparently it had the effect, for Lola returned to her penitent spouse.
      The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert
      15
      The penitent was informed by his Jacobite friends that he was forgiven.
      The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
      16
      Sir Everard, penitent and remorseful, strove to make his peace in vain.
      The Baronet's Bride; Or, A Woman's Vengeance
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      penitente
      Penitent through the time
      Penitent across language varieties
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