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What is the adjective for repentances?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb repent which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

repentant
  1. Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. regretful, remorseful, sorry, contrite, penitent, apologetic, rueful, guilty, ashamed, compunctious, shamefaced, chastened, sorrowful, guilt-ridden, conscience-stricken, self-reproachful, full of regret, attritional, sheepish, penitential, in sackcloth and ashes, mournful, abject, self-condemnatory, shamed, sad, abashed, atoning, hangdog, mortified, afraid, propitiatory, humble, embarrassed, uncomfortable, supplicating, self-incriminating, discomfited, bad, awkward, on one's knees, self-accusing, repenting, disturbed, troubled, terrible, distressed, rotten, awful, disappointed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A repentant criminal.”
      “John's repentant attitude and sincere apologies showed that he truly regretted his actions and was willing to make amends.”
repent
  1. (botany) Creeping along the ground.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. reptant, reptile, lizard, ophidian, reptiloid, reptiliform, crocodilian, reptile-like, saurian, poikilothermic, serpentiform, serpentine, reptilian, herpetological, cold-blooded, creeping, clinging, reptatorial, spreading, stoloniferous, trailing, vermicular, vinelike, climbing, procumbent, recumbent, reptatory, straggling, vining, growing along the ground, horizontal, prostrate … more
repented
  1. simple past tense and past participle of repent
  2. Synonyms:
      3. lamented, bemoaned, regretted, rued, bewailed, deplored, apologised, apologized, atoned, sorrowed, reformed, felt remorse about, felt remorse, reproached oneself for, felt remorse for, felt contrite about, was remorseful, were remorseful, been remorseful, was repentant, were repentant, been repentant, was sorry, were sorry, been sorry, had qualms, showed penitence, shown penitence, felt sorrow, reproached oneself, asked forgiveness, atoned for, saw error of ways, seen error of ways, wore sackcloth and ashes, worn sackcloth and ashes, saw the error of your ways, seen the error of your ways, wished that one had not done something, felt sorry about, deprecated, kicked oneself, felt sorry, kicked oneself for, repented of, felt remorseful about, felt apologetic about, hesitated, disliked, loathed … more
repenting
  1. present participle of repent
  2. Synonyms:
      3. lamenting, bemoaning, regretting, ruing, rueing, bewailing, deploring, apologising, apologizing, atoning, sorrowing, reforming, feeling remorse about, feeling remorse, reproaching oneself for, feeling remorse for, feeling contrite about, being remorseful, being repentant, being sorry, having qualms, showing penitence, feeling sorrow, reproaching oneself, asking forgiveness, atoning for, seeing error of ways, wearing sackcloth and ashes, seeing the error of your ways, wishing that one had not done something, mourning, complaining about, complaining, feeling sorry about, expressing regret about, weeping over, deprecating, moaning, apologizing for, grieving, hurting, grumbling, repining, crying over spilled milk, crying over spilt milk, grieving for, kicking oneself for, kicking oneself, feeling sorry, beating one's breast … more
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