penitent

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penitent

Christianity
a. a person who repents his sins and seeks forgiveness for them
b. RC Church a person who confesses his sins to a priest and submits to a penance imposed by him

penitent

[′pen·ə·tənt]
(geology)
nieve penitente
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But soon, as Maggie looked, every distinct thought began to be overflowed by a wave of loving penitence, and words burst forth with a sob.
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Of course, a minute or so later I would realise wrathfully that it was all a lie, a revolting lie, an affected lie, that is, all this penitence, this emotion, these vows of reform.
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Is there no reality in the penitence thus sealed and witnessed by good works?
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It must not be by our means; nay, if we could win him back to penitence, we should be bound to love him yet.
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