Penitent

pen′i-tent, adj. suffering pain or sorrow for sin: contrite: repentant.— n. one who is sorry for sin: one who has confe ed sin, and is undergoing penance.— ns. Pen′itence , Pen′itency , state of being penitent: sorrow for sin.— adj. Peniten′tial , pertaining to, or expre ive of, penitence.— n. a book of rules relating to penance.— adv. Peniten′tially .— adj. Peniten′tiary , relating to penance: penitential.— n. a penitent: an office at the court of Rome for examining and i uing secret bulls, dispensations, .: a book for guidance in imposing penances: a place for the performance of penance: a house of correction and punishment for offenders.— adv. Pen′itently .— Penitential garment , a rough garment worn for penance; Penitential psalms , certain psalms suitable for being sung by penitents, as the 6th, 32d, 38th, 51st, 102d, 130th, 143d. [Fr.,—L. pœnitens , -ent is — pœnitēre , to cause to repent.]