penitent
Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offensesFeeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt.
Meaning
2 sensesFeeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt.
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Doing penance.
- feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin paenitēns, poenitēns (“penitent”), presenFrom Middle English, from Old French, from Latin paenitēns, poenitēns (“penitent”), present participle of paeniteō, poeniteō (“to cause to repent; to regret, repent”). Doublet of penitente.
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Forms
more penitent, most penitent| Comparative | more penitent Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most penitent Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
6 synonyms- feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds:repentant
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.