Penitent vs. Penury — What's the Difference?

Feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins; contrite.

Extreme want or poverty; destitution.

One who is penitent.

Extreme want; poverty; destitution.

A person performing penance under the direction of a confessor.

A lack of something; a dearth.

Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt.

Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution.

Doing penance.

Penuriousness; miserliness.

One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of their transgressions.

A state of extreme poverty or destitution;

One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.

One under the direction of a confessor.

Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.

Doing penance.

One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.

One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.

One under the direction of a confessor.

(Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)

Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds