penitent

1. Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds (synset 301747466)
   also:

   • ashamed - feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
   • bad, regretful, sorry - feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
   similar to:

   • contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthful - feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
   • penitential, penitentiary - showing or constituting penance
   same as: repentant

1. (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor) (synset 110433579)
   referred to in: church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
   is a type of: religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity
   subtypes: flagellant - a person who whips himself as a religious penance

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