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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zġǰacʻoġ",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "զղջացող"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "apašxaroġ",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "ապաշխարող"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kaešt se",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "каещ се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "penedit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "kajícný"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "pentanta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "katuvainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "katuva"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "reumütig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "reuig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"topics": [
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"lifestyle"
],
"word": "bußfertig"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "metanoón",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μετανοών"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "aithríoch"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "poşman"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "paenitens"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kajuščijsja",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "кающийся"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raskaivajuščijsja",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "раскаивающийся"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "botfärdig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses",
"word": "ångerfull"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "doing penance",
"word": "penitent"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "doing penance",
"word": "katuvainen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "doing penance",
"word": "katuva"
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"sense": "doing penance",
"word": "aithríoch"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "doing penance",
"word": "botgörande"
}
],
"word": "penitent"
}
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"ref": "1837, William Russell, The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Longman, Rees, & Co., page 20",
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "one who repents of sin",
"word": "penitent"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "one who repents of sin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kajícník"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "one who repents of sin",
"word": "pentanto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one who repents of sin",
"word": "katumuksentekijä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one who repents of sin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pénitent"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who repents of sin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Reumütiger"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who repents of sin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"religion",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "Bußfertiger"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "one who repents of sin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "בעל תשובה"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one who repents of sin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aithríoch"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one who repents of sin",
"word": "kairīpenetā"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "one who repents of sin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kajúcnik"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one who repents of sin",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "botfärdig syndare"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "one undergoing penance",
"word": "penitent"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one undergoing penance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Büßer"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one undergoing penance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aithríoch"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one undergoing penance",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "botgörare"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xostovanordi",
"sense": "one under the direction of a confessor",
"word": "խոստովանորդի"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "one under the direction of a confessor",
"word": "penitent"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "one under the direction of a confessor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "biechteling"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one under the direction of a confessor",
"word": "ripittäytyjä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one under the direction of a confessor",
"tags": [
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"word": "Beichtkind"
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{
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"sense": "one under the direction of a confessor",
"tags": [
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{
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one under the direction of a confessor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "penitent"
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"sense": "one under the direction of a confessor",
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"word": "penitente"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "one under the direction of a confessor",
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"word": "biktbarn"
}
],
"word": "penitent"
}
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