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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pen•i•tent /ˈpɛnɪtənt/USA pronunciation adj. - expressing sorrow for wrongdoing and desiring to make up for the wrong; repentant;
contrite.
n. [countable] - a penitent person.
pen•i•tence, n. [uncountable] pen•i•ten•tial /ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəl/USA pronunciation adj. pen•i•tent•ly, adv. See -pen-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pen•i•tent (pen′i tənt),USA pronunciation adj. - feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment;
repentant;
contrite.
n. - a penitent person.
- Religion[Rom. Cath. Ch.]a person who confesses sin and submits to a penance.
- Anglo-French; see penance
- Medieval Latin pēnitent-, Latin paenitent- (stem of paenitēns), present participle of paenitēre to regret; replacing Middle English penaunt
- Middle English 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged remorseful, rueful, sorrowful.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unrepentant, impenitent.
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