Discredited and Penitent

Discredited

Discredited adjective - Being unjustly brought into disrepute.

Penitent and discredited are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Penitent" instead an adjective "Discredited".

Penitent

Penitent adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.

Discredited and penitent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discredited" instead an adjective "Penitent".

Nearby Words: penitence, penitential, penitently
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