Penitent tangent Synonyms

Definitions for Penitent


  • (adjective) feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done
  • (adjective) feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  • (noun) Roman Catholic church ) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor

Definitions for Tangent


  • (noun) a departure from the subject under consideration
  • (noun) a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
  • (noun) ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle