Penitent Definition

pĕnĭ-tənt
penitents
adjective
Truly sorry for having sinned or done other wrong and willing to atone; contrite; repentant.
Webster's New World
Feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins; contrite.
American Heritage

Doing penance.

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noun
penitents
A penitent person.
Webster's New World
A person receiving or intending to receive the sacrament of penance.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Penitent

Noun

Singular:
penitent
Plural:
penitents

Origin of Penitent

  • From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin paenitens, poenitens (“penitent"), present participle of Latin paenitere, poenitere (“to cause to repent, intrans. repent, regret").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Medieval Latin pēnitēns pēnitent- from Latin paenitēns present participle of paenitēre to repent

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Penitent Sentence Examples

  • And shortly after his penitent died unabsolved.

  • Origen implies that in his days the penitent might choose his own spiritual physician.

  • The world saw with astonishment this vicious, rough, coarse-fibred man of the world transformed into an austere penitent, who worked miracles of healing.

  • When a priest administers the sacrament, it is Christ who absolves the penitent through the action of the priest.

  • The developed doctrine is that those who die penitent and in faith may still have temporal punishments due because of their sins.

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