Saturday 23 November 2013

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Penitent

pen-i-tent



adjective :: Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses.



noun :: One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.



"I shall relate my wrongs, the persecutions that I endure--I, a helpless mortal, a penitent, an unoffending poet." --Bierce, Ambrose

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