Repentant synonyms

rĭ-pĕn'tənt

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regretful
Sorrowful about what has been lost or done.
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penitent
Feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins; contrite.
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contrite
Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions; apologetic.
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sorry (related)
(Of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
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regret (related)
Feeling or expressing regret for one's sins or misdeeds
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remorseful
Marked by or filled with remorse.
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rueful
Inspiring pity or compassion.
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compunctious
Exhibiting compunctions, scruples, feelings of guilt.
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penitential
Of, relating to, or expressing penitence.
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apologetic
Offering or expressing an apology or excuse:
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impenitent (antonym)
The definition of impenitent is someone who is not sorry for what they've done.
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unrepentant (antonym)
Having or exhibiting no remorse.
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backslider (related)
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blasphemer (related)
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righteous (related)
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betrayer (related)
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Find another word for repentant. In this page you can discover 16 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for repentant, like: regretful, penitent, contrite, sorry, regret, remorseful, rueful, compunctious, penitential, apologetic and impenitent.
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Repentant Sentence Examples

  • Probably Pitt did say something of the kind attributed to him, though even this is by no means certain in view of Johnson's repentant admission that he had often invented not merely the form, but the substance of entire debates.

  • I'm not repentant about it, it's worked out very well for me.

  • I 'm not repentant about it, it 's worked out very well for me.

  • The next day, the rest of his family visit him, and find him truly repentant of his former ungovernable pride.

  • Thus Hetty is closer to a Medea than to a repentant Magdalen and her crime makes her almost inhuman.

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