Be penitent, and for thy fault contrite.
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Penitent
//ˈpɛnɪtənt//
Synonyms for "penitent" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (11)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (17)
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14 entriessimilar
12 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 22 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- ապաշխարող adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
- զղջացող adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
- խոստովանորդի noun (one under the direction of a confessor)
Bulgarian
1 entries- каещ се adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
Catalan
4 entries- penedit adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
- penitent adj (doing penance)
- penitent noun (one who repents of sin)
- penitent noun (one undergoing penance)
Czech
2 entries- kajícný adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
- kajícník noun (one who repents of sin)
Dutch
1 entries- biechteling noun (one under the direction of a confessor)
Esperanto
2 entries- pentanta adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
- pentanto noun (one who repents of sin)
Finnish
4 entries- katuva adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
- katuva adj (doing penance)
- katuvainen adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
- katuvainen adj (doing penance)
French
1 entries- pénitent noun (one who repents of sin)
German
4 entries- bußfertig adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
- reuig adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
- reumütig adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
- Beichtkind noun (one under the direction of a confessor)
Greek
1 entries- μετανοών adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
Hebrew
1 entries- בעל תשובה noun (one who repents of sin)
Indonesian
2 entries- peniten noun (one who repents of sin)
- peniten noun (one undergoing penance)
Irish
4 entries- aithríoch adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
- aithríoch adj (doing penance)
- aithríoch noun (one who repents of sin)
- aithríoch noun (one undergoing penance)
Latin
1 entries- paenitens adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
Māori
1 entries- kairīpenetā noun (one who repents of sin)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- poşman adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
Polish
2 entries- penitent noun (one under the direction of a confessor)
- penitentka noun (one under the direction of a confessor)
Portuguese
3 entries- penitente noun (one who repents of sin)
- penitente noun (one undergoing penance)
- penitente noun (one under the direction of a confessor)
Russian
2 entries- кающийся adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
- раскаивающийся adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
Slovak
1 entries- kajúcnik noun (one who repents of sin)
Spanish
1 entries- penitente noun (one under the direction of a confessor)
Swedish
4 entries- botfärdig adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
- botgörande adj (doing penance)
- ångerfull adj (feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses)
- biktbarn noun (one under the direction of a confessor)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
If thou be penitent and grieved, or desirous to be so, these heinous sins shall not be laid to thy charge.
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[…] But we that know what ’tis to faſt and pray, / Are penitent for your default to day.
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Wamba, who defeated the Saracens in an attempt upon Spain, was deprived of the crown, because he had been clothed in the habit of a penitent, while labouring under the influence of poison, administered by the ambitious Erviga!
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