society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > one who repents > typical example of (2)
Of a person: that has lived a reckless or extravagant life away from home, but subsequently made a repentant return. Also more generally and figur…
A person who has lived a reckless or extravagant life away from home, but subsequently made a repentant return. Also more generally: a reckless or…