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Penitent

penitent
Someone who is penitent is very sorry for something wrong that they have done, and regrets their actions. (LITERARY) Robert Gates sat before them, almost penitent about the past... ...penitent criminals. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ • penitently He sat penitently in his chair by the window. ADV: ADV after v
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   I. adjective  Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French ~, from Latin paenitent-, paenitens, from present participle of paenitere to cause regret, feel regret, perhaps from paene almost  Date: 14th century feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses ; repentant  • ~ly adverb  II. noun  Date: 14th century  1. a person who repents of sin  2. a person under church censure but admitted to penance or reconciliation especially under the direction of a confessor ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  adj. & n. --adj. regretting and wishing to atone for sins etc.; repentant. --n. 1 a repentant sinner. 2 a person doing penance under the direction of a confessor. 3 (in pl.) various RC orders associated for mutual discipline etc. Derivatives penitence n. penitently adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L paenitens f. paenitere repent ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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  1. церк. кающийся грешник 2. церк. находящийся под епитимьей 3. церк. pl. католический орден кающихся грешников 4. редк. член такого ордена 5. раскаивающийся человек 6. раскаивающийся, кающийся 7. церк. находящийся под епитимьей ...
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   1. adj. раскаивающийся; кающийся  2. noun кающийся грешник ...
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  ~1 adj 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 adv - penitence n ~2 n someone who is doing religious penance ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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