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Definition
feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong; or a person who does such
- Then, ashamed and penitent, she hid her face.Chapter 3 — The First Customer (99% in)
- For Alice was penitent of her one earthly sin, and proud no more!Chapter 13 — Alice Pyncheon (99% in)
There are no more uses of "penitent" in The House of the Seven Gables.
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