adjective, noun
adjective (written) feeling or showing that you are sorry for having done sth wrong
noun a person who shows that they are sorry for doing sth wrong, especially a religious person who wants God to forgive them
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for penitent is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does penitent appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — penitent appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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