PENITENT | • penitent adj. Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one’s sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt. • penitent adj. Doing penance. • penitent n. One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of their transgressions. |
PENITENTS | • penitents n. Plural of penitent. • PENITENT n. a person who repents his sins. |
IMPENITENT | • impenitent adj. Not penitent; specifically (Christianity), not repenting of one’s sins; unrepentant. • impenitent n. One who is not penitent. • IMPENITENT adj. not impenitent. |
PENITENTLY | • penitently adv. In a penitent manner. • PENITENT adv. repentant. |
IMPENITENTS | • impenitents n. Plural of impenitent. • IMPENITENT n. one who is not penitent. |
PENITENTIAL | • penitential adj. Pertaining to penance or penitence. • penitential n. A book or set of rules pertaining to the Christian sacrament of penance. • PENITENTIAL adj. relating to penitence. |
IMPENITENTLY | • impenitently adv. Without repentance. • IMPENITENT adv. not impenitent. |
PENITENTIALS | • penitentials n. Plural of penitential. • PENITENTIAL n. a book of rules relating to penance. |
PENITENTIARY | • penitentiary n. (Chiefly US) A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (broadly) a prison. • penitentiary n. A priest in the Roman Catholic Church who administers the sacrament of penance. • penitentiary n. (Obsolete) One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance. |
PENITENTIALLY | • penitentially adv. In a penitential manner. • PENITENTIAL adv. relating to penitence. |
IMPENITENTNESS | • IMPENITENT n. not impenitent. |
PENITENTIARIES | • penitentiaries n. Plural of penitentiary. • PENITENTIARY n. in North America, a prison. |