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.

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