Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) 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. 2. (a.) Doing penance. 3. (n.) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions. 4. (n.) One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance. 5. (n.) One under the direction of a confessor.

Multi-Version Concordance Penitent (7 Occurrences) Mark 1:4 So John the Baptizer came, and was in the Desert proclaiming a baptism of the penitent for forgiveness of sins. (WEY) Luke 3:3 John went into all the district about the Jordan proclaiming a baptism of the penitent for the forgiveness of sins; (WEY) Luke 13:3 I tell you, certainly not. On the contrary, if you are not penitent you will all perish as they did. (WEY) 1 Samuel 15:29 and also, the Pre-eminence of Israel doth not lie nor repent, for He 'is' not a man to be penitent.' (YLT) 2 Kings 22:19 because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you,' says Yahweh. (See RSV) 2 Chronicles 34:27 because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against its inhabitants, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Yahweh. (See RSV) Isaiah 1:27 Upright acts will be the price of Zion's forgiveness, and by righteousness will men be living there. (See NIV)