What does penitential mean?

penitential means "showing or constituting penance".

How many syllables are in penitential?

penitential has 5 syllables and divides as pe-ni-ten-ti-al under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for penitential?

Close synonyms include penitentiary. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is penitential a common word?

penitential is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Penitential — meaning, 1 synonym and examples

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
showing or constituting penance
“penitential tears”
“wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words”
Synonymspenitentiary
Similarpenitent

Questions about penitential

What does penitential mean?: penitential means "showing or constituting penance".
How many syllables are in penitential?: penitential has 5 syllables and divides as pe-ni-ten-ti-al under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.
What is another word for penitential?

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