Words starting with penitent
8 letter words starting with penitent
- penitent — feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
9 letter words starting with penitent
- penitente — a member of a religious order, chiefly in Spanish-American communities in New Mexico, known for their practice of self-flagellation, especially during Holy Week.
10 letter words starting with penitent
- penitently — feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
11 letter words starting with penitent
- penitential — of, pertaining to, proceeding from, or expressive of penitence or repentance.
- penitential psalm — any of the Psalms (the 6th, 32nd, 38th, 51st, 102nd, 130th, and 143rd) that give expression to feelings of penitence and that are used in various Christian liturgical services.
12 letter words starting with penitent
- penitentiary — a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment, especially a prison maintained in the U.S. by a state or the federal government for serious offenders.
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