penitent Synonyms

repentant prodigal returned sorrowful sheepish shamefaced self-convicted sad rueful repentance repenting repent remorseful sorry touched lost lamb self-condemnatory self-accusing full of regret self-reproachful returnee guilt-ridden prodigal son coreligionist grief-stricken attritional regretful puritan embarrassed disappointed deprecatory contrite compunctious chastened bad atoning ashamed apologetic abject expiatory flagellant penitently penitentiary penitential mournful mortified melted magdalen humiliated humbled hangdog