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Meaning of 'penitent'
Meaning of 'penitent' (Webster Dictionary)
1. 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.
2. Penitent [ 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.
- One under the direction of a confessor.
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