penitent

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I - noun

(Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
• Topics:
Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church
• Hypernyms:
religious person
• Hyponyms:
flagellant

II - adjective

feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
• Syn:
repentant
• Ant:
unrepentant (for: repentant), impenitent
• Similar to:
contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthful, penitential, penitentiary
• See Also:
ashamed, regretful, sorry, bad
• Derivationally related forms:
repentance (for: repentant), repent (for: repentant), penitence

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  impenitent, unrepentant, unremorseful