repentant

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Marcin, initially as malignant as Hook and as blinkered as Torvald, eventually grows as repentant and noble as Oberon in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which will co-star a certain native of Toruń as Titania.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Others note that it’s never the repentant Grinch who marauds through schools and holiday parades or blows up on social media.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

He added that he was truly repentant, promising directly to those affected: "I will repay you."

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

"An insight from this study was that forgiveness-seeking included humble owning of responsibility for wrongdoing against another person and repentant relational repair through confession, apology, restitution and evidence of change," Witvliet wrote to Salon.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2023

“I know,” he said and looked sincerely repentant.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson