Both Uses of
penitent
in
Go Tell It on the Mountain
- But he was always swearing that he would do better; it was, perhaps, the brutality of his penitence that had kept them together for so long.†
Chpt 2.1 *
- When he came back at times like this he would be petulant and penitent.†
Chpt 2.1
Definition:
feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong; or a person who does such