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Derived Forms
- ˌpeniˈtentially, adverb
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Other Words From
- peni·tential·ly adverb
- unpen·i·tential adjective
- unpen·i·tential·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of penitential1
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Example Sentences
Very devoted, but a "wooden" woman, a "veritable penitential brush."
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Condemned to be strangled, he heard the sentence without a murmur, and went to his death singing the penitential psalms.
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I ought to add that he has tried to make reparation, and is apparently contrite to the limit of his penitential capacity.
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It was her first openly penitential utterance in his presence, and her cheeks were faintly reddened.
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On his death-bed the conqueror Henry V was listening to the priests repeating the penitential psalms.
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