Category:Repentant

Re*pent"ant (-ant), a. Etym: [f. repentant.]

1. Penitent; sorry for sin. Chaucer. Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood. Millton.

2. Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; Repentant ashes. "repentant sighs and voluntary pains." Pope.

Repentant Re*pent"ant, n.

Defn: one who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent.