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Definition of Repentant
1. Adjective. Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds.
Also: Ashamed, Bad, Regretful, Sorry
Similar to: Contrite, Remorseful, Rueful, Ruthful, Penitential, Penitentiary
Antonyms: Impenitent, Unrepentant
Derivative terms: Penitence, Penitent, Repent, Repent, Repentance
Definition of Repentant
1. a. Penitent; sorry for sin.
2. n. One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent.
Definition of Repentant
1. Adjective. Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Repentant
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repentant
Literary usage of Repentant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"repentant, contrite, remorseful, 2* Penitentiary, repentant ... I. repentant.
house, house of correction. 2. Penitent, repentant, penance-doer. ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"It seemed that the repentant Seer 840 Her sleep of many a hundred year With gentle
dreams beguiled. The Garland and the Dame: But where should warrior seek ..."
3. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1903)
"... Lou, repentant Magdalen; 332. Aart van der Neer, Moon-lit landscape; 280.
Eglon van der If ter, Boy and bird; ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... and the story is given a distinctly religious colour through the introduction
of the pilgrimage of the repentant sinner to Rome. ..."
5. An English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History & Literature by Edward Arber (1895)
"repentant sorrow would not let her speak, the burning flames of grief did dry
her tears; Yet, at the last, words out of prison brake, that longed to utter ..."
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