Word
penitent, adj.
feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
<adj.all>
freq. cnt.: 1
freq. cnt.: 1
penitent
repentant
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
repentance
repent
repent
antonym
unrepentant
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
penitent
penitence
antonym
impenitent
semantic pointers
also see
ashamed
sorry, regretful, bad
similar to
remorseful, contrite, rueful, ruthful
penitential, penitentiary