- penitential as an adjective:
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penitential
adjective
1 penitential
Showing or constituting penance:
— Penitential tears.
— Wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words.
synonym: penitentiary.
Roget 950: penitent; repenting etc. v.; repentant, contrite; conscience-smitten, conscience-stricken; self-accusing, self-convicted. penitential, penitentiary; reclaimed, reborn; ... show more
Polish: pokutniczy
Moby thesaurus: abject, amendatory, apologetic, ascetic, atoning, balancing, cleansing, compensating, compensational, compensatory, compunctious, contrite, counteracting, counteractive, counterbalancing, countervailing, expiatory, humble, humbled, indemnificatory ... show more.
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