"penitent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɛnɪtənt/ Audio: en-us-penitent.ogg Forms: more penitent [comparative], most penitent [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin paenitēns, poenitēns (“penitent”), present participle of paeniteō, poeniteō (“I cause to repent; I regret, repent”). Doublet of penitente. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|la|paenitēns}} Latin paenitēns, {{doublet|en|penitente}} Doublet of penitente Head templates: {{en-adj}} penitent (comparative more penitent, superlative most penitent)
  1. Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt. Synonyms: repentant, contrite, remorseful Translations (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses): զղջացող (zġǰacʻoġ) (Armenian), ապաշխարող (apašxaroġ) (Armenian), каещ се (kaešt se) (Bulgarian), penedit (Catalan), kajícný (Czech), pentanta (Esperanto), katuvainen (Finnish), katuva (Finnish), reumütig (German), reuig (German), bußfertig [religion, lifestyle] (German), μετανοών (metanoón) [masculine] (Greek), aithríoch (Irish), paenitens (Latin), poşman (Northern Kurdish), кающийся (kajuščijsja) (Russian), раскаивающийся (raskaivajuščijsja) (Russian), botfärdig (Swedish), ångerfull (Swedish)
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  2. Doing penance. Translations (doing penance): penitent (Catalan), katuvainen (Finnish), katuva (Finnish), aithríoch (Irish), botgörande (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pænitent [archaic], penitant [obsolete], pœnitent [archaic, nonstandard]

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛnɪtənt/ Audio: en-us-penitent.ogg Forms: penitents [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin paenitēns, poenitēns (“penitent”), present participle of paeniteō, poeniteō (“I cause to repent; I regret, repent”). Doublet of penitente. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|la|paenitēns}} Latin paenitēns, {{doublet|en|penitente}} Doublet of penitente Head templates: {{en-noun}} penitent (plural penitents)
  1. One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of their transgressions. Translations (one who repents of sin): penitent (Catalan), kajícník [masculine] (Czech), pentanto (Esperanto), katumuksentekijä (Finnish), pénitent [masculine] (French), Reumütiger [masculine] (German), Bußfertiger [masculine] [religion, lifestyle] (German), בעל תשובה [masculine] (Hebrew), aithríoch [masculine] (Irish), kairīpenetā (Maori), kajúcnik [masculine] (Slovak), botfärdig syndare [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance. Translations (one undergoing penance): penitent (Catalan), Büßer [masculine] (German), aithríoch [masculine] (Irish), botgörare [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  3. One under the direction of a confessor. Categories (topical): People Translations (one under the direction of a confessor): խոստովանորդի (xostovanordi) (Armenian), penitent (Catalan), biechteling [masculine] (Dutch), ripittäytyjä (Finnish), Beichtkind [neuter] (German), aithríoch [masculine] (Irish), penitent [masculine] (Polish), penitentka [feminine] (Polish), penitente [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), biktbarn [neuter] (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pænitent [archaic], penitant [obsolete], pœnitent [archaic, nonstandard]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "one who repents of sin",
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      "sense": "one who repents of sin",
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      "sense": "one who repents of sin",
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      "sense": "one who repents of sin",
      "word": "kairīpenetā"
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