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adjectivefeeling or expressing remorse for misdeedsOpposite:
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noun(Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)type of:
Definition that contains penitent
- confession (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
- unrepentant not penitent or remorseful
- unrepentantly in an impenitent manner
- unremorseful not penitent or remorseful
- impenitent not penitent or remorseful
- impenitently in an impenitent manner