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Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.

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  1. a. Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.
  2. a. Doing penance.
  3. n. One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
  4. n. One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
  5. n. One under the direction of a confessor.
  6. adj. feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  7. n. (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
  8. j:29/n:71 n. (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor) a. feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds