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Definition
feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong; or a person who does such
- "I am in Lady Agatha's black books at present," answered Dorian, with a funny look of penitence.Chapter 2 (4% in)
penitence = feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong
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