repentant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
    penitent.

WordNet

Re*pent"ant adjective
Etymology
F. repentant.
Definitions
  1. Penitent; sorry for sin. Chaucer.
    Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood. Millton.
  2. Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes. "Repentant sighs and voluntary pains." Pope.
Re*pent"ant noun
Definitions
  1. One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent.

Webster 1913