Penitent

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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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