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penitential a. 后悔的,忏悔的,赎罪的
n. 悔罪规则书 後悔的,忏悔的,赎罪的悔罪规则书 penitential adj 1: showing or constituting penance; " penitential tears"; " wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words" [ synonym: { penitential}, { penitentiary}] Penitential \ Pen` i* ten" tial\, a. [ Cf. F. p[' e] nitentiel.] Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears. " Penitential stripes." -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] Guilt that all the penitential fires of hereafter can not cleanse. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster]
Penitential \ Pen` i* ten" tial\, n. ( R. C. Ch.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also { penitential book}. [ 1913 Webster] 55 Moby Thesaurus words for " penitential": abject, amendatory, apologetic, ascetic, atoning, balancing, cleansing, compensating, compensational, compensatory, compunctious, contrite, counteracting, counteractive, counterbalancing, countervailing, expiatory, humble, humbled, indemnificatory, lustral, lustrational, lustrative, melted, offsetting, penitent, penitentiary, piacular, propitiatory, purgative, purgatorial, purifying, reclamatory, recompensing, recompensive, rectifying, redeeming, redemptive, redressing, regretful, reparative, reparatory, repentant, repenting, restitutional, restitutive, restitutory, retaliatory, righting, satisfactional, sheepish, softened, sorry, squaring, touched
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