penitent
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin paenitens, poenitens (“penitent”), present participle of Latin paenitere, poenitere (“to cause to repent, intrans. repent, regret”).
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Adjective [edit]
penitent (comparative more penitent, superlative most penitent)
- 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.
- 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.
- Milton
- Be penitent, and for thy fault contrite.
- 1838, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, B. Blake, page 730,
- Doing penance.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:remorseful
Translations [edit]
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
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Doing penance
Noun [edit]
penitent (plural penitents)
- One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his or her transgressions.
- One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
- 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!
- 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,
- One under the direction of a confessor.
Translations [edit]
one who repents of sin
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one undergoing penance
one under the direction of a confessor
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External links [edit]
- penitent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- penitent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- penitent at OneLook Dictionary Search
