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   Pen·i·tent

   /ˈpenətnt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant: "a penitent expression"

   noun

   • 1. a person who repents their sins or wrongdoings and (in the Christian Church) seeks forgiveness from God.
   • ▪ (in the Roman Catholic Church) a person who confesses their sins to a priest and submits to the penance that he imposes.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin paenitent- ‘repenting’, from the verb paenitere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. penitently adverb

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