as in remorseful
feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done
repentant sinners
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Recent Examples of repentant
The repentant Barbosa who was glad getting caught forced her to quit.
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Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
Last spring, Trump appointed as his national security adviser John Bolton, a man who remains perhaps the Iraq war’s most fervent and least repentant champion.
—Jon Finer, Foreign Affairs, 28 May 2019
Some had arrived at Quinto’s page searching for a repentant statement in response to the public backlash.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
Far from being repentant, Ritchie viewed the company’s subsequent stock-price wobble as vindication, and claims its top brass reached out to him personally, eager to mend fences.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
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Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
Last spring, Trump appointed as his national security adviser John Bolton, a man who remains perhaps the Iraq war’s most fervent and least repentant champion.
—Jon Finer, Foreign Affairs, 28 May 2019
Some had arrived at Quinto’s page searching for a repentant statement in response to the public backlash.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
Far from being repentant, Ritchie viewed the company’s subsequent stock-price wobble as vindication, and claims its top brass reached out to him personally, eager to mend fences.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repentant
Adjective
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Whetstone said the power was with the poster and encouraged her mother to be remorseful, express mortification with her actions and work to make amends.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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The victim's mother told the Daily Mail the teen does not appear to be remorseful.—
Christina Coulter,
Fox News,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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And both Team Johnson and complicit aldermen should be ashamed this ham-handed gambit was kept under wraps when those affected could have had a say. Submit a letter, of no more than 400 words, to the editor here or email letters@chicagotribune.com.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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Trump and Vice President JD Vance should be ashamed.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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So now that the price is slashed in half, this is really a deal that can't be beat (sorry).—
John Mihaly,
PCMAG,
21 Mar. 2025
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Brienne—sorry, Lorne—and Mr. Drummond (RIP) and the sacrificial baby goat!—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Your penitent correspondent humbly submits that the whole ritual has jumped the shark in Northeast Ohio.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
7 Mar. 2025
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With an appropriately penitent look, Grant took a deep breath.—
Scott Huver,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Smith has since resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has been apologetic to Rock for slapping him onstage following a G.I. Jane joke about Pinkett-Smith.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
25 Mar. 2025
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Stewart is chatty and candid in retelling the story, if not especially apologetic.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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How did so many Germans become contrite about the Nazi past?—
Gary J. Bass,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Van Buren returns shortly with a newly contrite attitude, having come around to his library’s merits and read up on Toth’s prior designs in Hungary.—
Anthony Paletta,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The post quickly gained attention as people shared a variety of responses, from regretful admissions to justifications.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Just practice the regretful smile that should accompany the refusal.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Repentant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repentant. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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