1. (a.) Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.
2. (a.) Doing penance.
3. (n.) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
4. (n.) One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
5. (n.) One under the direction of a confessor.
Thesaurus Entries
Magdalen, abject, apologetic, compunctious, confessor, conscience-stricken, contrite, grief-stricken, humbled, melted, penitential, penitentiary, prodigal returned, prodigal son, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sad, sheepish, softened, sorrowful, sorry, touched
