| 单词 | penitent |
| 释义 | penitent —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 penance. [1325-75; ME < ML penitent-, L paenitent- (s. of paenitens), prp. of paenitere to regret; r. ME penaunt < AF; see PENANCE] Syn. 1. remorseful, rueful, sorrowful. Ant. 1. unrepentant, impenitent. |
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