Penitent /(?)/

Pen·i·tent

Penitent

a.
  1. Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.
    Be penitent, and for thy fault contrite.
    The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered.
  2. Doing penance. [Obs.]

Penitent

n.
  1. One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
  2. One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
  3. One under the direction of a confessor.