as in remorseful
feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done
repentant sinners
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Recent Examples of repentant
Some had arrived at Quinto’s page searching for a repentant statement in response to the public backlash.
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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
No, the whole story needs to be laid out before the whole world with great detail and a repentant heart.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
In very little time, Lin’s bad luck takes him to one of Bombay’s slums and attracts the attention of smooth-talking gangster Khader Khan (Alexander Siddig), who views the repentant outsider as either a son or a pawn or an opportunity to make people like me compare the plot of Shantaram to Shogun.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2022
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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
No, the whole story needs to be laid out before the whole world with great detail and a repentant heart.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
In very little time, Lin’s bad luck takes him to one of Bombay’s slums and attracts the attention of smooth-talking gangster Khader Khan (Alexander Siddig), who views the repentant outsider as either a son or a pawn or an opportunity to make people like me compare the plot of Shantaram to Shogun.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repentant
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The crew seems to have learned their lesson, or at least put on their most remorseful faces.Emma Soren, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
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Caleb's very remorseful and his heartfelt sympathies are extended to the Parris family.Rachel DeSantis, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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What follows is a study in guilt, responsibility, and anguish, all told in ashamed interiority on Murphy’s face.Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
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When parents don’t replicate these behaviors in real life, kids might feel disappointed or even ashamed.Holly Garcia, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
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Maybe that’s Activision’s way of saying sorry for the rampant cheating that’s plagued Warzone lately.Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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For a country that prides itself on freedom, Florida’s book, class and topic bans are a sorry sight.Brayden Pryor, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
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But with Cash on the vocals, the song and the man singing are nearly penitent.Stephanie Kaloi and James Mercadante, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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Eighteen years later, playing the beloved daughter of Al Pacino’s Michael, she is shot dead on the steps of the opera house in Palermo, taking a bullet meant for the belatedly penitent godfather, who now comprehends without any doubt that there is no escaping the sins of his or his relatives’ past.Andrew Marzoni, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
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Women were expected to be apologetic and submissive.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Ayub as Adam is taciturn, hesitant and always apologetic, keeping his eyes downcast and his shoulders hunched.Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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Scotty was pretty contrite during the reunion, but Aria was clearly heartbroken.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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Guests might be more understanding of these lapses in service in amenities if room rates were reasonable and the hotels were more contrite.Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
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A day later, Harbaugh wasn’t so much as regretful as he was discontented.Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
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He's earned this opportunity by growing into what appears to be a good young man after being, like many of us, a youth full of regretful decisions.Phil Hay, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024
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“Repentant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repentant. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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