pœnitent

A form of penitent — Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt.

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Meanings

adjectivepœnitent (comparative more pœnitent, superlative most pœnitent)

comparative more pœnitent · superlative most pœnitent

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of penitent.

    But whether so great a degree of these be restored to the pœnitent, as is secured to the just man that needs no repentance, I have no ground from scripture to determine.

    1833, T. B. Hone, “Lives of Eminent Christians”, in The British Critic, volume XV, article VIII, page #167
nounpœnitent (plural pœnitents)

plural pœnitents

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of penitent.
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APA

pœnitent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/p%C5%93nitent

MLA

“pœnitent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/p%C5%93nitent. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pœnitent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/p%C5%93nitent.

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