The penitential mood that had resulted from her talk with Portia was utterly gone.

This penitential mood kept her from naming the wedding-day.

I asked Julian about this one day when he was in a penitential mood and he said:

One form in which the penitential mood receives expression is in confession in which the penitent acknowledges his sins.

He has to be broken down into the penitential mood before he will secure the victory over his sin.

Perhaps her penitential moods were the most bewitching-certainlythey were the most dangerous-ofall her many phases.

"Now you're in one of your penitential moods," laughed Dory.