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feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong; or a person who does such

penitent = sorry for having done wrong

penitent = sorry for having done wrong

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

penitent = feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong

...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

penitence = expressing sorrow for having done wrong

penitence = feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong

By penitence the Eternal's wrath's appeas'd:
William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona

penitence = feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds

...I lay there, penitently whispering, "O God bless him!"
Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations

penitently = feeling remorse (sorrow) for misdeeds

"I don't know what came over me," I blurted, penitent.
Kamala Markandaya -- Nectar in a Sieve

penitent = feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong

penitents = people expressing sorrow for having done wrong

He had been full of his own penitence and resolution to...
George Eliot -- Silas Marner

penitence = feeling sorrow for having done wrong

...the church stood on Tepeyac Hill, a place reserved for solemn acts of prayer and penitence.
W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game

penitence = expressing sorrow for having done wrong

As it turns out, though, betrayal can also breed penitents, shrewd minor politicians, and ghosts.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible

penitents = people expressing sorrow for having done wrong

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

penitence = feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds (sorrow for having done wrong); or a person who does such

"It is never too late," said Rose, "for penitence and atonement."
Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist

penitence = feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong

Is there no reality in the penitence thus sealed and witnessed by good works?
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

penitence = feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong

Hath he borne himself penitently in prison?
William Shakespeare -- Measure for Measure

penitently = with remorse for misdeeds (sorrow at having done wrong)

Was it not this what he used to intend to kill in his ardent years as a penitent?
Hermann Hesse -- Siddhartha

penitent = someone feeling and expressing remorse for misdeeds (sorrow for having done wrong)

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

penitence = remorse (sorrow) for misdeeds

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