Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
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penitent
The most penitent anchorite has now and then a small flight of vanity. [ Proverb ]
We should always forgive, - the penitent for their sake, the impenitent for our own. [ Marie Ebner-Eschenbach ]
It is better to be affected with a true penitent sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult cases about it. [ Thomas à Kempis ]
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The word penitent is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
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