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Repentingly :: Repentingly (adv.) With repentance; penitently.

Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge..

Penitential :: Penitential (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book..

Ash Wednesday :: Ash Wednesday () The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents..

Repentant :: Repentant (n.) One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent..

Absolution :: Absolution (n.) The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.

Kneeler :: Kneeler (n.) A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship.

Contrite :: Contrite (a.) Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent.

Penitent :: Penitent (a.) Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life..

Litany :: Litany (n.) A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character..

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.

Penitence :: Penitence (n.) The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition.

Repentance :: Repentance (n.) The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin..

Penitentiaries :: Penitentiaries (pl. ) of Penitentiar.

Unpenitent :: Unpenitent (a.) Impenitent.

Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One under the direction of a confessor.

Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance..

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor..

Penitentially :: Penitentially (adv.) In a penitential manner.

Unconverted :: Unconverted (a.) Unregenerate; sinful; impenitent.

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