penitential[adjective]Synonyms: remorseful, apologetic, attritional, compunctious, contrite, penitent, regretful, repentant, sorry
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
pen‧i‧ten‧tial /ˌpenəˈtenʃ
əl◂, ˌpenɪˈtenʃ
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adjective formal relating to being sorry for having done something wrong:
penitential journeys to famous shrines [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲