Penitent

Adjective

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) * 1838, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, B. Blake, page 730,
 * If thou be penitent and grieved, or desirous to be so, these heinous sins shall not be laid to thy charge.
 * 1) Doing penance.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:remorseful

Noun

 * 1) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
 * 2) One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
 * 3) * 1837, William Russell, The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Longman, Rees, & Co., page 20,
 * Wamba, who defeated the Saracens in an attempt upon Spain, was deprived of the crown, because he had been clothed in the habit of a penitent, while labouring under the influence of poison, administered by the ambitious Erviga!
 * 1) One under the direction of a confessor.

Synonyms

 * penaunt

Related terms

 * pen
 * penance
 * penitence
 * penitentiary
 * repent
 * repentance
 * repentant

Adverbs for Penitent
deeply; sincerely; sorrowfully; painfully; naturally; contritely; meekly; humbly; embarrassingly; truly; unduly; ruefully; obviously; evidently; manifestly; pitiably; confessedly; terribly.

Thesaurus
Magdalen, abject, apologetic, compunctious, confessor, conscience-stricken, contrite, grief-stricken, humbled, melted, penitential, penitentiary, prodigal returned, prodigal son, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sad, sheepish, softened, sorrowful, sorry, touched

Etymology
From <  <  paenitens:, poenitens:, present participle of  paenitere:, poenitere:.

Adjective

 * Russian: кающийся, раскаивающийся