penitently

adjective

1. feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.

noun

2. a penitent person.
3. Roman Catholic Church. a person who confesses sin and submits to a penance.

adjective

1. feeling regret for one’s sins; repentant

noun

2. a person who is penitent
3. Christianity
   1. a person who repents his sins and seeks forgiveness for them
   2. RC Churcha person who confesses his sins to a priest and submits to a penance imposed by him

adj.mid-14c., from Old French pénitent (14c.) and directly from Latin paenitentem (see penitence). As a noun, late 14c., from the adjective.