Definition of penitents Penitents
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What does penitents mean?
Wiktionary 
- penitents (Noun)
Plural of penitent.
Part of speech
🔤- penitents, noun, plural of penitent.
WordNet
NounPlural: penitents |
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| penitent - (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor) | ||
| religious person a person who manifests devotion to a deity | ||
| church of rome, roman catholic church, roman church, western church, roman catholic the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy | ||
Adjective |
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| penitent - feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds | ||
| repentant | ||
| unremorseful, impenitent, unrepentant not penitent or remorseful | ||
| ashamed feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse; "are you ashamed for having lied?"; "felt ashamed of my torn coat" | ||
| regretful, sorry, bad feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase" | ||
| contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthful feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses | ||
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Wiktionary
- penitent (Noun)
One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his or her transgressions. - penitent (Noun)
One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance. - penitent (Noun)
One under the direction of a confessor. - penitent (Adjective)
Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life. - penitent (Adjective)
Doing penance.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- penitent (a.)
Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life. - penitent (a.)
Doing penance. - penitent (n.)
One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions. - penitent (n.)
One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance. - penitent (n.)
One under the direction of a confessor.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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penitent
pen′i-tent, adj. suffering pain or sorrow for sin: contrite: repentant.—n. one who is sorry for sin: one who has confessed sin, and is undergoing penance.—ns. Pen′itence, Pen′itency, state of being penitent: sorrow for sin.—adj. Peniten′tial, pertaining to, or expressive of, penitence.—n. a book of rules relating to penance.—adv. Peniten′tially.—adj. Peniten′tiary, relating to penance: penitential.—n. a penitent: an office at the court of Rome for examining and issuing secret bulls, dispensations, &c.: a book for guidance in imposing penances: a place for the performance of penance: a house of correction and punishment for offenders.—adv. Pen′itently.—Penitential garment, a rough garment worn for penance; Penitential psalms, certain psalms suitable for being sung by penitents, as the 6th, 32d, 38th, 51st, 102d, 130th, 143d. [Fr.,—L. pœnitens, -entis—pœnitēre, to cause to repent.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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penitent
From pen, meaning to write, and intent, meaning determination. One who determines for the right.
Part of speech
🔤- penitent, noun, singular of penitents.
