1. Adjective
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. Adjective
Doing penance.
3. Noun
One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
4. Noun
One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
5. Noun
One under the direction of a confessor.
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