repentant

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"He's idiot enough to turn pious--repentant, I suppose, they would call it--and give the whole thing away.

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  1. adjective Characterized by or demonstrating repentance; penitent.

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  • Others held that if the apostate was repentant, then he should be admitted back into the fellowship of the Church. —  felix hominum
  • Unitl he is repentant, there can be no forgiveness. —  RutlandHerald.com
  • It did pass, naturally enough, on the very day that the breach between him and Margaret was partly healed; and the heart of Caleb Hazel, whom Chad, for months, had not dared to face, was made glad when the boy came back to him remorseful and repentant--the old Chad once more They were late in getting to the dance. —  The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
  • "He's idiot enough to turn pious--repentant, I suppose, they would call it--and give the whole thing away. —  The Sign of the Spider
  • Obviously, love will flow from one to another, when each is prepared to be known as the repentant sinner he is at the Cross of Jesus. —  The Calvary Road
 

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  1. from Middle English repentant, from Old French repentant, repentant, penitent, from Middle Latin repeniten (t-)s, present participle of *repenitere, repent: see repent.
 

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