Explore Penitent through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like repentant or impenitent. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Penitent in a sentence
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Penitent meaning
- Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt.
- Doing penance.
Synonyms of Penitent
Using Penitent
- The main meaning on this page is: Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt. | Doing penance.
- Useful related words include: repentant, impenitent, unrepentant, bad.
- In the example corpus, penitent often appears in combinations such as: the penitent, penitent magdalen.
Context around Penitent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Penitent
- In this selection, "penitent" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, voiceless, now, ultimate, magdalen, bareki and don stand out and add context to how "penitent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include another penitent suddenly sneezed and are not penitent for their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "penitent" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with penitent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another penitent suddenly sneezed. (4 words)
Depictions of the Penitent Magdalen became enormously popular in preaching and art (see above). (14 words)
In act three, several years on, Donna Elena rejects the now penitent Don Roberto, who has returned from exile abroad. (20 words)
Since all his acts were known, he had no secrets to reveal, and so he decided to write to the Tsar, "You want my confession; but you must know that a penitent sinner is not obliged to implicate or reveal the misdeeds of others. (44 words)
He adds that David is defined by being the ultimate penitent, not as a sinner, and that his greatness in accepting immediate responsibility for his transgression places him in a sphere which does not at all overlap with our own. (40 words)
The New York AG says that Rhodes's aggressive pursuit of new addicts reveals that the Sacklers are not penitent for their complicity in the opioid epidemic, and have no intention of abandoning their deadly business model. (37 words)
We would therefore like to rephrase our : Can a penitent who, while admitting a sin, refuses to make, in any way, the intention not to commit it again, validly receive sacramental absolution? (32 words)
Example sentences (16)
How To Get Armor of Moonbasking: Purchased from Voiceless Penitent Bareki near the Undercity Ruins Waypoint, in Baldur's Gate's sewers.
In act three, several years on, Donna Elena rejects the now penitent Don Roberto, who has returned from exile abroad.
We would therefore like to rephrase our : Can a penitent who, while admitting a sin, refuses to make, in any way, the intention not to commit it again, validly receive sacramental absolution?
If cocktails didn’t work—or if the penitent sufferer could not bear the thought of that option—a pharmacopeia of nostrums was available at every Cincinnati pharmacy.
Seminarian Joe McHenry helped direct cars one by one up to the priest and told Fr. Holmer when to blindfold himself when the penitent asked for an anonymous confession.
The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has instructed priests to postpone individual appointments for confession unless the penitent is in danger of death.
Another penitent suddenly sneezed.
The beautiful Centennial Hall should also be on any itinerary, as should the Penitent Bridge between the towers of the Mary Magdalene Church.
The Colonel hands the Emancipation Proclamation to a penitent white man who used to be called Master over in Beaufort.
The New York AG says that Rhodes's aggressive pursuit of new addicts reveals that the Sacklers are not penitent for their complicity in the opioid epidemic, and have no intention of abandoning their deadly business model.
He adds that David is defined by being the ultimate penitent, not as a sinner, and that his greatness in accepting immediate responsibility for his transgression places him in a sphere which does not at all overlap with our own.
Depictions of the Penitent Magdalen became enormously popular in preaching and art (see above).
It was impossible, however, to deny the penitent re-entrance into the Church, and Gregory VII's religious obligations overrode his political interests.
On that fateful December morning, the repentant Magdalena walked ahead of the procession of worshipers carrying a penitent's candle just as the earthquake struck.
Since all his acts were known, he had no secrets to reveal, and so he decided to write to the Tsar, "You want my confession; but you must know that a penitent sinner is not obliged to implicate or reveal the misdeeds of others.
The latter depictions represent the Penitent Magdalen, who according to medieval legend (details in next section) had spent a period of repentance as a desert hermit after leaving her life as a follower of Jesus.
Common combinations with penitent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: