penitent

Denizione di  penitent - dizionario di inglese del sito grammaticainglese.org - definizione traduzione e spiegazione grammaticale

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Definizione monolingua


penitent


Noun

penitent (plural penitents)


  1. One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
  2. One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
    • 1837, William Russell, The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Longman, Rees, & Co., page 20,
      Wamba, who defeated the Saracens in an attempt upon Spain, was deprived of the crown, because he had been clothed in the habit of a penitent, while labouring under the influence of poison, administered by the ambitious Erviga!
  3. One under the direction of a confessor.
Adjective

penitent (comparative more penitent, superlative most penitent)


  1. 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.
    • 1838, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, B. Blake, page 730,
      If thou be penitent and grieved, or desirous to be so, these heinous sins shall not be laid to thy charge.
  2. Doing penance.

Definizione dizionario penitent


penitente
pentito

Altri significati:
  One under the direction of a confessor.
  One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
  Doing penance.
  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.
  One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.

Traduzione penitent


penitente ,pentito

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