'Repentant' definitions:
Definition of 'repentant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds [syn: penitent, repentant] [ant: impenitent, unremorseful, unrepentant]
Definition of 'Repentant'
From: GCIDE
- Repentant \Re*pent"ant\ (-ant), a. [F. repentant.]
- 1. Penitent; sorry for sin. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood. --Millton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes. "Repentant sighs and voluntary pains." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Repentant'
From: GCIDE
- Repentant \Re*pent"ant\, n. One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'repentant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abject,
- apologetic,
- ascetic,
- ashamed,
- atoning,
- cleansing,
- compensational,
- compensatory,
- compunctious,
- contrite,
- embarrassed,
- expiatory,
- humble,
- humbled,
- lustral,
- lustrational,
- lustrative,
- melted,
- penitent,
- penitential,
- penitentiary,
- piacular,
- propitiatory,
- purgative,
- purgatorial,
- purifying,
- reclamatory,
- recompensing,
- redeeming,
- redemptive,
- redressing,
- regretful,
- remorseful,
- reparative,
- reparatory,
- repenting,
- restitutional,
- restitutive,
- restitutory,
- righting,
- rueful,
- satisfactional,
- sheepish,
- softened,
- sorry,
- squaring,
- touched