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penitential

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pen·i·ten·tial  (pn-tnshl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or expressing penitence.
2. Of or relating to penance.
n.
1. A book or set of church rules concerning the sacrament of penance.
2. A penitent.
peni·tential·ly adv.
penitential [ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəl]
adj
of, showing, or constituting penance
n
1. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) Chiefly RC Church a book or compilation of instructions for confessors
2. a less common word for penitent [2] [3]
penitentially  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.penitential - showing or constituting penance; "penitential tears"; "wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words"
penitentiary
penitent, repentant - feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
Translations
penitential [ˌpenɪˈtenʃəl] ADJ → penitencial
penitential
adj → reuevoll, reumütig, reuig; (Eccl) → Buß-; a penitential act → eine Bußtat
penitential [ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəl] adj (frm) (tone, look) → contrito/a; (psalm) → penitenziale
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The debilitated cousin, more debilitated by the dreariness of the place, gets into a fearful state of depression, groaning under penitential sofa-pillows in his gunless hours and protesting that such fernal old jail's--nough t'sew fler up--frever.
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We shall therefore suppress the rest of this conversation, and only observe that it ended at last with perfect innocence, and much more to the satisfaction of Jones than of the lady; for the former was greatly transported with the news she had brought him; but the latter was not altogether so pleased with the penitential behaviour of a man whom she had, at her first interview, conceived a very different opinion of from what she now entertained of him.
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Besides being possessed by my sister's idea that a mortifying and penitential character ought to be imparted to my diet - besides giving me as much crumb as possible in combination with as little butter, and putting such a quantity of warm water into my milk that it would have been more candid to have left the milk out altogether - his conversation consisted of nothing but arithmetic.
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