Dictionary Entry
penitent
penitent is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.
- 2adjective
Doing penance.
- 3noun
One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
- 4noun
One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
- 5noun
One under the direction of a confessor.
- 6noun
(Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
- 7adjective
feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
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