| penitent | | |
| n. (person) | 1. penitent | (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor). |
| ~ church of rome, roman catholic church, roman church, western church, roman catholic | the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy. |
| ~ religious person | a person who manifests devotion to a deity. |
| ~ flagellant | a person who whips himself as a religious penance. |
| adj. | 2. penitent, repentant | feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds. |
| ~ ashamed | feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse.; "are you ashamed for having lied?"; "felt ashamed of my torn coat" |
| ~ regretful, sorry, bad | feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone.; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase" |
| ~ contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthful | feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses. |
| ~ penitential, penitentiary | showing or constituting penance.; "penitential tears"; "wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words" |
| whitlow | | |
| n. (state) | 1. felon, whitlow | a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail. |
| ~ infection | the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms. |
| blame | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. blame, incrimination, inculpation | an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed.; "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on the driver" |
| ~ accusal, accusation | a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt. |
| ~ self-incrimination | an accusation that incriminates yourself. |
| n. (communication) | 2. blame, rap | a reproach for some lapse or misdeed.; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap" |
| ~ reproach | a mild rebuke or criticism.; "words of reproach" |
| v. (communication) | 3. blame, fault | put or pin the blame on. |
| ~ accuse, charge | blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.; "he charged the director with indifference" |
| v. (communication) | 4. blame, find fault, pick | harass with constant criticism.; "Don't always pick on your little brother" |
| ~ criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock | find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws.; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. blame, charge | attribute responsibility to.; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" |
| ~ ascribe, attribute, impute, assign | attribute or credit to.; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" |
| adj. | 6. blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal | expletives used informally as intensifiers.; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" |
| ~ cursed, curst | deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier.; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning" |
| regret | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. regret, rue, ruefulness, sorrow | sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment.; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game" |
| ~ sadness, unhappiness | emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being. |
| ~ contriteness, contrition, attrition | sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation. |
| ~ compunction, remorse, self-reproach | a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed). |
| v. (emotion) | 2. regret, repent, rue | feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about. |
| ~ feel, experience | undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. regret | feel sad about the loss or absence of. |
| ~ miss | feel or suffer from the lack of.; "He misses his mother" |
| v. (communication) | 4. regret | decline formally or politely.; "I regret I can't come to the party" |
| ~ refuse, decline | show unwillingness towards.; "he declined to join the group on a hike" |
| ~ regret | express with regret.; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard" |
| v. (communication) | 5. regret | express with regret.; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ regret | decline formally or politely.; "I regret I can't come to the party" |
| ~ fear | be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement.; "I fear I won't make it to your wedding party" |
| repent | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. atone, repent | turn away from sin or do penitence. |
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