"penitential tears"
"wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words"
penitential的用法和樣例:
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
The penitential canons are imposed only on the living, and, according to the canons themselves, nothing should be imposed on the dying. 悔罪的教義只能加於生者之身,並且根據教義自身,不應該有加於死者之上的。
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經典引文
My penitential stripes, my streaming blood, Have purchas'd Heaven