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Meanings of penitential in английском

Showing or constituting penance.

Remorse.

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Examples for "remorse"
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I'd heard of neither buyer's remorse nor negative equity eight years ago.
The Irish Times
2
Modi claims he's innocent and has never expressed remorse for the violence.
The Guardian
3
The statement of facts said Munday had showed remorse for his actions.
Radio NZ
4
The parents said the suspect also showed no remorse for his actions.
The South African
5
Sentencing judge Justice Sweeney said Harris showed no remorse for his crimes.
Radio NZ
1
Blood of a similar value is spilt everywhere without the least compunction.
Wild Western Scenes / A Narrative of Adventures in the Western W...
2
He saw my sincerity; he was penetrated with my grief and compunction.
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
3
The envelope of the letter he opened with a little more compunction.
The Cinema Murder
4
The prince was arrested by this compunction on the part of Mentezufis.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
5
But having told the tale the vicar was again seized with compunction.
Harvest

Penitential.

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Usage of penitential in английском
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This was the principle of the penitential discipline of the ante-Nicene period.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History
2
The monks, in hoarse tones and monotonous harmonics, chanted the penitential psalms.
Antonina; Or, The Fall of Rome
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The Lord vouchsafed at last to intermit the penitential task of suffering.
The Cathedral
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He cannot even command the price of a penitential three-fingers of rye.
The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
5
Even the confessionals looked jaunty, with floral swags decorating their penitential profiles.
The Irish Times
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Living with her in recent years has been a penitential exercise.
The sealed letter
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Thus the whole penitential machinery of the Church was set aside.
The Church and the Empire / Being an Outline of the History of t...
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The branches of the trees lash one another like penitential dryades.
Pictures of Sweden
9
Then she began to recite the greatest of the penitential psalms.
The White Sister
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The dates of this series of penitential sonnets are not known.
The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella;...
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This desire had never been completely extinguished for Janine on Hurrapelle's penitential bench.
The eye of the leopard
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Therefore, a long time passed before he approached the penitential robe, and said:
The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy: Historical Romance
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The penitential act means, youth put behind us, and a steady course ahead.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 5
14
Paul's letter to the Romans and the penitential Psalms were explained.
Luther and the Reformation: / The Life-Springs of Our Liberties
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A low, penitential groan from Deacon Shadwell followed this accusing illustration.
A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's, and Other Stories
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If she's made up her mind to be penitential-penitentialshe'll be!
The Lamp of Fate
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