penitent[adjective]Synonyms: repentant, abject, apologetic, conscience-stricken, contrite, regretful, remorseful, sorry
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I. pen‧i‧tent1 /ˈpenətənt, ˈpenɪtənt/
adjective formal[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: pénitent, from Latin, present participle of paenitere 'to be sorry']
feeling sorry because you have done something wrong, and are intending not to do it again
Synonym : repentant:
a penitent expression—penitently adverb—penitence noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲