Both Uses of
penitent
in
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Ay, Proteus, but that life is alter'd now; I have done penance for contemning Love; Whose high imperious thoughts have punish'd me With bitter fasts, with penitential groans, With nightly tears, and daily heart-sore sighs; For, in revenge of my contempt of love, Love hath chas'd sleep from my enthralled eyes And made them watchers of mine own heart's sorrow.†
Scene 2.4penitential = showing sorrow for having done something wrong
- By penitence the Eternal's wrath's appeas'd:
Scene 5.4 *penitence = feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
Definition:
feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong; or a person who does such