Details of word PENITENT

Definition of penitent

a. - Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.
a. - Doing penance.
n. - One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
n. - One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
n. - One under the direction of a confessor.

Word "penitent" contains 8 letters : E E I N N P T T

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