penitents

Meaning of penitents

plural noun

a person who repents their sins and (in the Christian Church) seeks forgiveness from God.

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin paenitent- ‘repenting’, from the verb paenitere .

Information about penitents

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of penitents is: penitent.
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Hyphenation of penitents

pen-i-tents

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • penitents is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

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