Sentence examples of "penitent" in English

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Translations: all3 кающийся2 other translations1

Before the proceedings began, the conventional wisdom was that Bo’s trial had been carefully scripted and rehearsed to portray a forlorn and penitent sinner confessing his crimes and apologizing to the Party. До начала процесса общее мнение было таково: суд над Бо был тщательно спланирован и отрепетирован, чтобы выставить его как жалкого кающегося грешника, сознающегося в своих преступлениях и просящего у партии прощения.

Alexis de Tocqueville, a liberal French aristocrat, visited the United States in 1831 ostensibly to write a study of its “enlightened” prison system (locking people up in solitary confinement like penitent monks was the latest modern idea). Алексис де Токвиль, либеральный Французский аристократ, посетил Соединенные Штаты в 1831 году, под предлогом написания своего изучения “просвещенной” пенитенциарной системы (изоляция людей в одиночной камере, подобно кающимся монахам, была последней современной идеей).

They come to him now when his mind's wandering and he hasn't the strength to resist and claim him as a death bed penitent. И вот теперь, когда ум его слабеет и сил бороться становится всё меньше, они сбегутся и объявят, что он раскаялся на одре смерти.

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