penitential
/pen-i-ten-shuhl/US // ˌpɛn ɪˈtɛn ʃəl //UK // (ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəl) //
忏悔,忏悔的,忏悔式,忏悔性
Related Words
apologetic歉意,歉意的,歉疚,辩解compunctious勤奋的,严谨的,勤奋的人,勤奋conscience-stricken良心不安,良心不安的,良心不安的人,良心不安地contrite忏悔的,忏悔,忏悔的人,悔恨的mournful悲哀的,悲痛的,哀伤的,哀伤penitent忏悔者,忏悔的人,忏悔,忏悔的regretful遗憾的是,遗憾,遗憾的,令人遗憾的是repentant悔改的,忏悔的,悔过的,忏悔rueful感慨万千,感慨万分,感慨地说,悲痛欲绝sad悲伤,伤心,悲伤的,悲哀sorrowful悲哀的,悲痛的,悲哀,悲痛sorry对不起,抱歉,遗憾的是attritional损耗性的,损耗性,消耗性,损耗chastened懊恼的,懊恼,懊恼的是,懊丧的self-reproachful自责,自责的,自怨自艾,自悔
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : of, pertaining to, proceeding from, or expressive of penitence or repentance.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a penitent.
- : a book or code of canons relating to penance, its imposition, etc.
Synonyms & Antonyms
adj.remorseful
Synonyms
apologetic歉意,歉意的,歉疚,辩解attritional损耗性的,损耗性,消耗性,损耗chastened懊恼的,懊恼,懊恼的是,懊丧的compunctious勤奋的,严谨的,勤奋的人,勤奋conscience-stricken良心不安,良心不安的,良心不安的人,良心不安地contrite忏悔的,忏悔,忏悔的人,悔恨的guilt-ridden愧疚的,愧疚,内疚的,负罪感十足mournful悲哀的,悲痛的,哀伤的,哀伤penitent忏悔者,忏悔的人,忏悔,忏悔的regretful遗憾的是,遗憾,遗憾的,令人遗憾的是repentant悔改的,忏悔的,悔过的,忏悔rueful感慨万千,感慨万分,感慨地说,悲痛欲绝sad悲伤,伤心,悲伤的,悲哀self-reproachful自责,自责的,自怨自艾,自悔sorrowful悲哀的,悲痛的,悲哀,悲痛sorry对不起,抱歉,遗憾的是
Examples
Very devoted, but a "wooden" woman, a "veritable penitential brush."
Condemned to be strangled, he heard the sentence without a murmur, and went to his death singing the penitential psalms.
I ought to add that he has tried to make reparation, and is apparently contrite to the limit of his penitential capacity.
It was her first openly penitential utterance in his presence, and her cheeks were faintly reddened.
On his death-bed the conqueror Henry V was listening to the priests repeating the penitential psalms.
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