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  • 11penitent — [adj] shamed, sorrowful abject, apologetic, atoning, attritional, compunctious, conscience stricken, contrite, penitential, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sorry; concepts 403,542 Ant. happy, unashamed, unrepentent …

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  • 12penitent — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mos I, Mc. penitentncie; lm M. penitentnci {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} w Kościele katolickim: człowiek przystępujący do spowiedzi <łac.> {{/stl 7}} …

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  • 13penitent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling sorrow and regret for having done wrong. ► NOUN ▪ a person who repents or submits to penance. DERIVATIVES penitence noun penitential adjective penitently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin paenitere repent …

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  • 14PÉNITENT — ENTE. adj. Qui a regret d avoir offensé Dieu, qui est dans la pratique des exercices de la pénitence. Pécheur pénitent. Femme pénitente.   Il est plus ordinairement substantif, et il signifie, Celui, celle qui confesse ses péchés au prêtre.… …

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  • 15penitent — [[t]pe̱nɪtənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ Someone who is penitent is very sorry for something wrong that they have done, and regrets their actions. [LITERARY] Robert Gates sat before them, almost penitent about the past... She is deeply… …

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  • 16Penitent Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima — The Congregation of the Penitent Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima is a contemplative Roman Catholic religious order founded in 1959 Bro. Francisco Tolentino F.T., a hermit, at Aklan, The Philippines. The nuns are discalced, and live as penitents.… …

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  • 17Penitent thief — Saint Dismas Statue of St Dismas (1750) in Březnice, Czech Republic. The Good Thief Died c. 33 AD Golgotha Hill outside Jerusalem …

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  • 18penitent — pen|i|tent1 [ˈpenıtənt] adj formal [Date: 1300 1400; : 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 = ↑repentant… …

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  • 19Penitent Magdalene (Caravaggio) — Infobox Painting| title=Penitent Magdalene (Mary Magdalene) artist=Caravaggio year=c. 1597 type=Oil on canvas height=122.5 width=98.5 city=Rome museum=Doria Pamphilj Gallery Penitent Magdalene , also known as Mary Magdalene , is a painting by the …

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  • 20Penitent mussel — Taxobox name = Penitent mussel status = CR | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Unionoida familia = Unionidae genus = Epioblasma species = E. penita binomial = Epioblasma penita binomial… …

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