penitent

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• /ˈpɛnɪtənt/
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From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin paenitēns, poenitēns (“penitent”), present participle of paeniteō, poeniteō (“to cause to repent; to regret, repent”). Doublet of penitente.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: զղջացող (zġǰacʻoġ) — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Armenian: ապաշխարող (apašxaroġ) — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Bulgarian: каещ се (kaešt se) — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Catalan: penedit — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Czech: kajícný — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Esperanto: pentanta — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Finnish: katuvainen — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Finnish: katuva — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• German: reumütig — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• German: reuig — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• German: bußfertig — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Greek: μετανοών (metanoón) — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Irish: aithríoch — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Northern Kurdish: poşman — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Latin: paenitens — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Russian: кающийся (kajuščijsja) — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Russian: раскаивающийся (raskaivajuščijsja) — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Swedish: botfärdig — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Swedish: ångerfull — feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses
• Catalan: penitent — doing penance
• Finnish: katuvainen — doing penance
• Finnish: katuva — doing penance
• Irish: aithríoch — doing penance
• Swedish: botgörande — doing penance
• Catalan: penitent — one who repents of sin
• Czech: kajícník — one who repents of sin
• Esperanto: pentanto — one who repents of sin
• Finnish: katumuksentekijä — one who repents of sin
• French: pénitent — one who repents of sin
• German: Reumütiger — one who repents of sin
• German: Bußfertiger — one who repents of sin
• Hebrew: בעל תשובה — one who repents of sin
• Indonesian: peniten — one who repents of sin
• Irish: aithríoch — one who repents of sin
• Māori: kairīpenetā — one who repents of sin
• Portuguese: penitente — one who repents of sin
• Slovak: kajúcnik — one who repents of sin
• Swedish: botfärdig syndare — one who repents of sin
• Catalan: penitent — one undergoing penance
• German: Büßer — one undergoing penance
• Indonesian: peniten — one undergoing penance
• Irish: aithríoch — one undergoing penance
• Portuguese: penitente — one undergoing penance
• Swedish: botgörare — one undergoing penance
• Armenian: խոստովանորդի (xostovanordi) — one under the direction of a confessor
• Catalan: penitent — one under the direction of a confessor
• Dutch: biechteling — one under the direction of a confessor
• Finnish: ripittäytyjä — one under the direction of a confessor
• German: Beichtkind — one under the direction of a confessor
• Irish: aithríoch — one under the direction of a confessor
• Polish: penitent — one under the direction of a confessor
• Polish: penitentka — one under the direction of a confessor
• Portuguese: penitente — one under the direction of a confessor
• Spanish: penitente — one under the direction of a confessor
• Swedish: biktbarn — one under the direction of a confessor