I. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Phil was trying hard to look penitent .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After watching a few more penitent men pass by I was ready to leave.
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And he had a notorious asperity for which he was afterwards sometimes penitent .
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And to a penitent soldier a crusade was even better than an unarmed pilgrimage.
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But Gao Jinjiao was rocking back and forth, bumping against the tree like a penitent little boy.
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But the short version points to a promise of progress in experience beyond the stage of penitent sorrow.
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He'd have liked to have seen Gina reading one of their notes with a penitent expression.
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He inherited a regular staff meeting and was penitent that he had never invented such a meeting in Durham.
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There are various Pelagias who are known as penitent harlots or virgin martyrs who died to escape a fate worse than death.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And no penitent in a confessional could have unburdened herself more pathetically than did my Maman that afternoon.
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At first they were protected by Catholic rulers, and seen as penitents entitled to alms and succour.
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He became so identified with us that he was the perfect penitent and made the perfect confession to the Father for us.