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repentant [rɪˈpɛntənt] adj
1. reproaching oneself for one's past actions or sins; contrite 2. characterized by or proceeding from a sense of contrition a repentant heart his repentant words repentantly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
repentant adjective regretful, sorry, ashamed, apologetic, chastened, rueful, contrite, remorseful, penitent, self-reproachful a repentant criminal Translations repentant [rɪˈpɛntənt] adj (frm) → pentito/a repentant [rɪˈpɛntənt] adj (frm) → pentito/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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As to the worthy convive of the preceding evening, he was carefully gathered up from the hunter's couch on which he lay, repentant and supine, and, being packed upon one of the horses, was hurried forward with the convoy, groaning and ejaculating at every jolt. She can play the repentant wife, or resort to the primeval profession of her sex. A month later, Mademoiselle Stangerson returned to her father, repentant, her heart dead within her, hoping only one thing: that she would never again see her husband, the horrible Ballmeyer. |
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