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Penitent :: Penitent (a.) Doing penance.

Contrite :: Contrite (a.) Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (a.) Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter..

Repentant :: Repentant (n.) One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent..

Repentant :: Repentant (a.) Penitent; sorry for sin.

Penitent :: 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..

Repentingly :: Repentingly (adv.) With repentance; penitently.

Penitentiaries :: Penitentiaries (pl. ) of Penitentiar.

Repentance :: Repentance (n.) The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin..

Penitently :: Penitently (adv.) In a penitent manner.

Impenitent :: Impenitent (n.) One who is not penitent.

Penitentiaryship :: Penitentiaryship (n.) The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.

Impenitence :: Impenitence (n.) The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.

Impenitently :: Impenitently (adv.) Without repentance.

Unconverted :: Unconverted (a.) Unregenerate; sinful; impenitent.

Absolution :: Absolution (n.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven..

Sanbenito :: Sanbenito (n.) Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church..

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him..

Miserere :: Miserere (n.) The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word miserere..

Confalon :: Confalon (n.) One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents..

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