- Types Of Speech
- You can use penitent as a noun or as a article in a sentence.
- About Penitent
- A 3 syllables noun and 8 letters with the letters e, i, n, p, and t, 5 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters it. Penitent starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pe, pen, peni, penit, and the ending characters are t, nt, ent, tent, itent, ..
- Definition
- (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Penitent is set as a sat word that starts with p, ends with t, 3 syllables, 3 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Penitent in Pig Latin is said as "enitentpay or enitentpway".
- Unigram
- p | e | n | i | t | e | n | t
- Bigram
- pe | en | ni | it | te | en | nt
- Trigram
- pen | eni | nit | ite | ten | ent
- Quadrigram
- peni | enit | nite | iten | tent
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
- Article Examples
- feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abject | showing humiliation or submissiveness "an abject apology" |
| Apologetic | offering or expressing apology "an apologetic note" "an apologetic manner" |
| Broken | physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split or legally or emotionally destroyed "a broken mirror" "a broken tooth" "a broken leg" "his neck is broken" "children from broken homes" "a broken marriage" "a broken heart" |
| Compunctious | |
| Confessor | a priest who hears confession and gives absolution |
| Conscience Stricken | |
| Contrite | feeling regret for a fault or offence |
| Crushed | broken or pounded into small fragments used of e.g. ore or stone "paved with crushed bluestone" "ground glass is used as an abrasive" |
| Deplorable | bad unfortunate "my finances were in a deplorable state" "a lamentable decision" "her clothes were in sad shape" "a sorry state of affairs" |
| Diffused | (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material "diffused light" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Penitent
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Penitent | (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor) |
View English words with the unique letters used in penitent. Words With The Letters Einpt
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Religionist | a person who manifests devotion to a deity |
| Religious Person |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Flagellant | a person who whips himself as a religious penance |
Penitent Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters

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