Dictionary 1. (a.) Penitent; sorry for sin.2. (a.) Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes. 3. (n.) One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent. Thesaurus abject apologetic ascetic ashamed atoning cleansing compensational compensatory compunctious contrite embarrassed expiatory humble humbled lustral lustrational lustrative melted penitent penitential penitentiary piacular propitiatory purgative purgatorial purifying reclamatory recompensing redeeming redemptive redressing regretful remorseful reparative reparatory repenting restitutional restitutive restitutory righting rueful satisfactional sheepish softened sorry squaring touched |
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