Penitent
[n] a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
[adj] feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
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abject, apologetic, compunctious, confessor, conscience-stricken, contrite, grief-stricken, humbled, Magdalen, melted, penitential, penitentiary, prodigal returned, prodigal son, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sad, sheepish, softened, sorrowful