0 showing that you are sorry for something you have done because you feel it was wrong:
"I'm sorry," she said with a penitent smile.
It was hard to be angry with him when he looked so penitent.
1 a person who is performing a formal religious act to show that they are sorry for something they have done wrong
NOVÉ SLOVÁ
European
May 10, 2021
SLOVO DŇA
Shimmer
penitent