adj .
sorry ; repentant ; contrite 후회하는 참회하는 ; 죄를 뉘우치는

• Julie was penitent when Hank explained how much pain she had caused him.
  헝크가 줄리 때문에 얼마나 고통스러웠는지를 설명하자 그녀는 후회했다.
• The two boys tried to sound penitent at the police station, but they weren't really sorry that they had herded the sheep into Mr. Ingersoll's house. They were impenitent.