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Impenitently :: Impenitently (adv.) Without repentance.

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

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

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

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

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

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.

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..

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

Penitential :: Penitential (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book..

Penitentially :: Penitentially (adv.) In a penitential manner.

Penaunt :: Penaunt (n.) A penitent.

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

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

Penitent :: Penitent (a.) Doing penance.

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

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

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

Impenitent :: Impenitent (a.) Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.

Confessional :: Confessional (n.) The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others..

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