Definitions from Wiktionary (penitent)

▸ adjective:  Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt.
▸ adjective:  Doing penance.
▸ noun:  One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of their transgressions.
▸ noun:  One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
▸ noun:  One under the direction of a confessor.
▸ Also see penitent

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