penitent
adjective
feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
penitently
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a word derived from
penitent.
Example Sentences
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“Ah, I know I snuck in,” she said penitently.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2013
When parents protested, the school's Acting Principal Marie Dachenbach declared that the whisperers had penitently affixed the tape themselves, at blameless Teacher Allen's suggestion.
From Time Magazine Archive
That our nation is by no means guiltless of the sins of omission and commission which have made this war, we penitently acknowledge.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the runaway economic success of the Common Market caused Britain's Conservative government to reverse itself, and, in August 1961, Britain penitently applied for the membership it had once spurned.
From Time Magazine Archive
The chaplain nodded penitently and hurried past, unable to make himself take the time to apologize.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
