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Definition of: penitent
(pen′ə·tənt) adjective
Affected by a sense of one's own guilt, and resolved on amendment; repentant; contrite.
—noun
1. One who is penitent.
2. One who confesses his sins to a priest and submits himself to the penance prescribed.
—pen′i·tent·ly adverb
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