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Contrite :: Contrite (a.) Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent.

Penitentiaries :: Penitentiaries (pl. ) of Penitentiar.

Repentant :: Repentant (n.) One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent..

Impenitence :: Impenitence (n.) The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope..

Repentant :: Repentant (a.) Penitent; sorry for sin.

Unpenitent :: Unpenitent (a.) Impenitent.

Litany :: Litany (n.) A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character..

Penitential :: Penitential (a.) Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears..

Absolution :: Absolution (n.) The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.

Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge..

Penaunt :: Penaunt (n.) A penitent.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (a.) Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation..

Penitentially :: Penitentially (adv.) In a penitential manner.

Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance..

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.

Confalon :: Confalon (n.) One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents..

Impenitent :: Impenitent (n.) One who is not penitent.

Ash Wednesday :: Ash Wednesday () The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents..

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