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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Repentant  \Re*pent"ant\,  n. 
  One  who  repents,  especially  one  who  repents  of  sin;  a 
  penitent. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Repentant  \Re*pent"ant\  (-ant),  a.  [F.  repentant.] 
  1.  Penitent;  sorry  for  sin.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Thus  they  in  lowliest  plight,  repentant  stood. 
  --Millton. 
 
  2.  Expressing  or  showing  sorrow  for  sin;  as  repentant  tears; 
  repentant  ashes.  ``Repentant  sighs  and  voluntary  pains.'' 
  --Pope. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  repentant 
  adj  :  feeling  or  expressing  remorse  for  misdeeds  [syn:  {penitent}] 
  [ant:  {impenitent},  {impenitent}] 




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