Repentant (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">repentant</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(similar in meaning)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for contrite that I've seen before include "Repentant and chastened" , "Sorry for something done" , "Wholly penitent" , "Full of remorse" , "Suffering remorse" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">repentant</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that repentant can be written as penitent)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for penitent that I've seen before include "Conscience-stricken" , "Teen pint (anag.)" , "Showing remorse" , "Feeling remorse" , "Showing regret" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">repentant</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(similar in meaning)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for rueful that I've seen before include "Contrite, with regrets" , "Showing good-humoured regret" , "Feeling good-humoured regret" , "Apologetic" , "Expressing wry regret" .)