Penitence is the act of being sorry for a wrongdoing. An example sentence would be: Her penitence was making her sick.
The penitent child told her mother about her difficulties on the playground.
If you're willing to become a penitent you have to commit suicide.
If you're willing to become penitent you have to change your negative traits.
After committing a mistake, she felt penitent and sought forgiveness from those affected.
The girl was very penitent about her hair on the Atlanta Housewives. As a noun: The penitent vowed to do community service to atone for his misdeed. As an adjective: The penitent teens returned the next day to wash the windows that they had soaped.
The penitent confesses his sins to the priest and seeks absolution from him, thus resolving to amend his life, and by appropriate means to expiate the guilt and punishment incurred for offending God.
Have you got leave to go to shrift today? used as a noun. the imposition of penance by a priest on a penitent after confession.
The Penitent - 1988 is rated/received certificates of: USA:PG-13
The Mother Penitent - 1914 was released on: USA: February 1914
Lothario
unrepentant
The Penitent - 1912 was released on: USA: 22 November 1912 UK: 13 February 1913
The Penitent - 1988 was released on: USA: 27 May 1988 (New York City, New York)