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penitent

adj
/ˈpɛnɪtənt/

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin paenitēns, poenitēns (“penitent”), present participle of paeniteō, poeniteō (“to cause to repent; to regret, repent”). Doublet of penitente.

  1. derived from paenitēns

Definitions

  1. Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses

    Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt.

    • Be penitent, and for thy fault contrite.
    • If thou be penitent and grieved, or desirous to be so, these heinous sins shall not be laid to thy charge.

  2. Doing penance.

    • […] But we that know what ’tis to faſt and pray, / Are penitent for your default to day.

  3. One who repents of sin

    One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of their transgressions.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. One under church censure, but admitted to penance

      One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.

      • Wamba, who defeated the Saracens in an attempt upon Spain, was deprived of the crown, because he had been clothed in the habit of a penitent, while labouring under the influence of poison, administered by the ambitious Erviga!

    2. One under the direction of a confessor.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at penitent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at penitent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at penitent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA