penitent

Day 37Level 1

PEN-i-tuhnt

repentant

feeling or showing regret

Part of Speech: adjective

Synonyms:

repentant, remorseful, contrite

Antonyms:

shameless, indifferent

Example Sentence:

Comfortably seated in front of cameras, the high priestess of the mea culpa faces the penitent.

Related Words

assist in wrongdoing

uh-BET

to encourage somebody, usually in wrongdoing

something similar

AN-i-awg

something similar; output proportional to input (engineering)

cause of misery

bayn

source of harm; cause of misery

legacy

bih-KWEST

something given in will; legacy

pastoral

byoo-KAH-lik

connected with the countryside ; rural

convincing

KOH-juhnt

convincing, relevant