• adj. 懺悔的，悔過的
• n. 悔罪者，懺悔者

來自拉丁語paenitere,感到遺憾，感到歉意，可能來自poena,懲罰，處罰，補償，彌補，詞源同pain,penal,punish.引申詞義悔罪，懺悔。

penitent (adj.)

mid-14c., from Old French pénitent (14c.) and directly from Latin paenitentem (see penitence). As a noun, late 14c., from the adjective.

1. Robert Gates sat before them, almost penitent about the past.

羅伯特·蓋茨坐在他們面前，對過去的事幾乎無顏以對。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She is deeply penitent.

她深感愧疚。

來自柯林斯例句

3. I have grown neither humble nor penitent by what has passed.

這段時間發(fā)生的事情并未使我變得謙卑,也未使我后悔.

來自辭典例句

4. They all appeared very penitent, and begged hard for their lives.

他們一個個表示悔罪, 苦苦地哀求饒命.

來自辭典例句

5. Those who were penitent obtained absolution.

悔過者獲得了赦免.

來自辭典例句