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Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.

Unpenitent :: Unpenitent (a.) Impenitent.

Absolution :: Absolution (n.) The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.

Penaunt :: Penaunt (n.) A penitent.

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..

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

Penitentiaries :: Penitentiaries (pl. ) of Penitentiar.

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

Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One under the direction of a confessor.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) One who does penance.

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

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (a.) Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance..

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..

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

Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge..

Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance..

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

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

Impenitently :: Impenitently (adv.) Without repentance.

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