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Things penitent often describes ("penitent ________")
- confessions
- air
- pilgrim
- prayer
- note
- humility
- saint
- apostates
- kneels
- murderer
- jerome
- husband
- heart
- criminal
- prostitutes
- lover
- disposition
- offender
- sinners
- transgressor
- feeling
- cry
- israel
- letters
- saints
- daughter
- offenders
- peter
- sorrow
- look
- son
- return
- face
- child
- females
- tears
- children
- person
- girl
- privilege
- mind
- wife
- reflections
- death
- sinner
- love
- magdalene
- submission
- christian
- bench
- letter
- voice
- faith
- prodigal
- believers
- expression
- women
- spirit
- jews
- heretics
- member
- attitude
- boy
- confession
- publican
- magdalen
- frame
- malefactor
- mood
- servant
- woman
- man
- robber
- heretic
- david
- acknowledgment
- monk
- believer
- form
- souls
- persons
- prostitute
- king
- thief
- father
- soul
- brother
- tone
- hearts
How penitent often is described ("________ penitent")
- masked
- luxurious
- weary
- devout
- faithful
- gentle
- chief
- fair
- scrupulous
- grieved
- beloved
- prostrate
- bed
- earnest
- pious
- guilty
- promising
- wretched
- more
- young
- real
- reconciled
- humblest
- famous
- lowly
- miserable
- genuine
- ungovernable
- perfect
- sad
- half
- stricken
- sinful
- hearted
- interesting
- saintly
- afflicted
- pretended
- youthful
- humble
- pretty
- worshipful
- royal
- honest
- christian
- true
- unfortunate
- beautiful
- noble
- sick
- pardoned
- gloomy
- least
- imperial
- holy
- humbled
- refractory
- solitary
- unhappy
- female
- medieval
- illustrious
- august
- poor
- priest
- very
- contrite
- individual
- false
- sincere
