Associations to the word «Penitential»

Wiktionary

PENITENTIAL, adjective. Pertaining to penance or penitence
PENITENTIAL, noun. A book or set of rules pertaining to the Christian sacrament of penance

Dictionary definition

PENITENTIAL, adjective. Showing or constituting penance; "penitential tears"; "wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words".

Wise words

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery