Re*pent"ant (-ant), a. [F. repentant.]
1.
Penitent; sorry for sin.
Chaucer.
Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood.
Millton.
2.
Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes.
"
Repentant sighs and voluntary pains."
Pope.
© Webster 1913.
Re*pent"ant, n.
One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent.
© Webster 1913.