Penitent person Crossword Clue

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Penitent person Crossword Answer

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PENITENT (adjective)
1. feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
PENITENT (noun)
1. (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
PERSON (noun)
1. a human being
2. a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party

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40. “Did you start yet?”

42. Porpoise or dolphin, datedly

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47. Snack on the trail

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