repentant

[ ri-pen-tnt, -pen-tuh nt ]

/ rɪˈpɛn tnt, -ˈpɛn tənt /

repenting; penitent; experiencing repentance.

characterized by or showing repentance: a repentant mood.

Origin of repentant

1250–1300; Middle English repentaunt < Old French repentant (present participle of repentir). See repent¹, -ant

re·pent·ant·ly, adverb half-re·pent·ant, adjective non·re·pent·ant, adjective non·re·pent·ant·ly, adverb

un·re·pent·ant, adjective un·re·pent·ant·ly, adverb

A sympathetic figure, Tyson has been repentant about many aspects of his behavior.

Mike Tyson: Why Do We Forgive Him? |Tricia Romano |May 2, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Beck may not be the first repentant Republican, but he is certainly the most operatic, a kind of comic Pavarotti of the right.

Conservatives, Fired Up |Christopher Buckley |February 21, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Now his attackers—some repentant, others still spewing hate—have been sentenced.

Seeking Justice for a French Hate Crime |Eric Pape |July 14, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Two years later, a repentant Uma wore skin-tight Versace in a meek porridge hue.

The 10 Most Horrendous Oscar Gowns in History |Dale Hrabi |February 21, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

But he was determined to spare the repentant traitor the humiliation of owning a fault and accepting a pardon.

The History of England from the Accession of James II. |Thomas Babington Macaulay
But already I see other parts rise reproachfully before my repentant conscience.

Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician |Frederick Niecks
"I won't be half a moment," said the repentant father, hastening up-stairs to go through his ordinary dressing arrangement.

Mr. Scarborough's Family |Anthony Trollope
But sins may bee pardoned to the repentant, either Gratis, or upon such penalty, as God is pleased to accept.

Leviathan |Thomas Hobbes
In those days she chose to sniffle very pityingly, yet becomingly, in the vain attempt to make me repentant.

The Golden Road |Frank Waller Allen

repentant

/ (rɪˈpɛntənt) /

reproaching oneself for one's past actions or sins; contrite

characterized by or proceeding from a sense of contrition a repentant heart; his repentant words

repentantly, adverb