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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
penitent/ˈpenɪtənt/

▶adjective feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong. ▶noun a person who repents their sins.

■ (in the Roman Catholic Church) a person who confesses their sins to a priest and submits to the penance that he imposes.

– derivatives
penitence noun,
penitential adjective,
penitently adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr., from L. paenitent-, paenitere ‘repent’.

'penitence' also found in these Oxford entries:

Ash Wednesday - Lent - Mardi Gras - metanoia - penitent - Penitential Psalms - sackcloth - sorry - Yom Kippur

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