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feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong; or a person who does such- When her anger passed, she was penitent.
penitent = sorry for having done wrong
- If she's truly penitent, you should forgive her.
- He expressed no regret for what he had done which satisfied her; his style was not penitent, but haughty.Austen, Jane -- Pride and Prejudice
- She looks perfectly timid, dejected, and penitent.Austen, Jane -- Lady Susan
- ...brought here to be penitent, because this is a Penitentiary and you are supposed to repent while in it,Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
- ...and then a letter, in a strange hand, saying 'he died in hospital, of fever, such a day, and died in penitence and love of you:'Charles Dickens -- Hard Times
- Is there no good penitence but it be public?Arthur Miller -- The Crucible
- By penitence the Eternal's wrath's appeas'd:William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- ...I lay there, penitently whispering, "O God bless him!"Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
- "I don't know what came over me," I blurted, penitent.Kamala Markandaya -- Nectar in a Sieve
- Other penitents are waiting outside.David Almond -- Clay
- He had been full of his own penitence and resolution to...George Eliot -- Silas Marner
- ...the church stood on Tepeyac Hill, a place reserved for solemn acts of prayer and penitence.W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
- As it turns out, though, betrayal can also breed penitents, shrewd minor politicians, and ghosts.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
- "It is never too late," said Rose, "for penitence and atonement."Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist
- As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror.Robert Louis Stevenson -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Is there no reality in the penitence thus sealed and witnessed by good works?Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter
- Hath he borne himself penitently in prison?William Shakespeare -- Measure for Measure
- Was it not this what he used to intend to kill in his ardent years as a penitent?Hermann Hesse -- Siddhartha
- Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the Spirit, and was overcome with penitence and grief.Charles Dickens -- A Christmas Carol
penitent = sorry for having done wrong
penitent = feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong
penitence = expressing sorrow for having done wrong
penitence = feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong
penitence = feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
penitently = feeling remorse (sorrow) for misdeeds
penitent = feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong
penitents = people expressing sorrow for having done wrong
penitence = feeling sorrow for having done wrong
penitence = expressing sorrow for having done wrong
penitents = people expressing sorrow for having done wrong
penitence = feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong
penitence = feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds (sorrow for having done wrong); or a person who does such
penitence = feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong
penitently = with remorse for misdeeds (sorrow at having done wrong)
penitent = someone feeling and expressing remorse for misdeeds (sorrow for having done wrong)
penitence = remorse (sorrow) for misdeeds