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What does penitent mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word penitent? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.
  2. Doing penance.
Noun
  1. One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his or her transgressions.
  2. One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
  3. One under the direction of a confessor.
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