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pen·i·ten·tial /ˌpenəˈtenʃəl◂/ adjective formal SORRY/APOLOGIZErelating to being sorry for having done something wrong 后悔的，忏悔的 penitential journeys to famous shrines 前往著名圣地的忏悔之旅Examples from the Corpuspenitential• It's a priest's penitential chain to be worn around the waist against the skin.• From the end of the period of the Kings, public penitential festivals were a frequent necessity.• And alas, I thought, my penitential journey over, they didn't do it separately in the first place.• a penitential journey to a holy shrine• Devotion in the Middle Ages was often expressed by means of penitential journeys to famous shrines.• There are extraordinarily vivid and exuberant pictures which are countered by others which have an almost penitential mood to them.pen·i·ten·tial adjectiveChineseSyllable relating to done sorry being for having Corpus |