be+penitent
21penitent — penitently, adv. /pen i teuhnt/, adj. 1. feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite. n. 2. a penitent person. 3. Rom. Cath. Ch. a person who confesses sin and submits to a… …
22penitent — 1. adjective a) Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life. If thou be penitent and grieved, or desirous to be so, these heinous sins shall …
23penitent — adj. penitent for * * * [ peɪnt(ə)nt] penitent for …
24penitent — I UK [ˈpenɪtənt] / US adjective sorry for something bad that you have done and willing to change your behaviour Derived word: penitence noun uncountable II UK [ˈpenɪtənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms penitent : singular penitent plural… …
25penitent — pen•i•tent [[t]ˈpɛn ɪ tənt[/t]] adj. 1) feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement; repentant; contrite 2) a penitent person 3) rel Rom. Cath. Ch. a person who confesses sin and submits to a penance • Etymology:… …
26penitent — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French penitent, from Latin paenitent , paenitens, from present participle of paenitēre to cause regret, feel regret, perhaps from paene almost Date: 14th century feeling… …
27Pénitent — Pénitence Catholicisme Religions sœurs (branches) Catholicisme · Orthodoxie · Protestantisme Spécificités Église catholique romaine · Histoire de l Église catholique romaine Spécificités …
28penitent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. repentant, sorrowful, contrite; see sorry 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [PEN i tunt] sorry, contrite, regretful. The truly penitent shall be forgiven their misdeeds. SYN.: sorry, sorrowful,… …
29penitent — pen|i|tent1 [ penıtənt ] adjective sorry for something bad you have done and willing to change your behavior ╾ pen|i|tence noun uncount penitent pen|i|tent 2 [ penıtənt ] noun count FORMAL someone who is sorry for something bad they have done and …
30penitent — 1 adjective formal feeling sorry because you have done something wrong, and intending not to do anything wrong again; repentant: He knelt and put his head on her knee like a penitent dog. penitently adverb penitence noun (U) 2 noun (C) someone… …
