PenitentWordNet Explorer
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adjective
feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
Words in this synset: repentant
adjective
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
adjective
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
adjective
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
adjective
showing or constituting penance
noun
a person who manifests devotion to a deity
noun
the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
noun
a person who whips himself as a religious penance