repentant

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

REPENT'ANT, adjective 1. Sorrowful for past conduct or words. 2. Sorrowful for sin. 3. Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as repentant tears; repentant ashes; repentant sighs. REPENT'ANT, noun 1. One who repents; a penitent. 2. One that expresses sorrow for sin.
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