PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.
CONGRESS, n. A body of men who meet to repeal laws.
Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
RIMER, n. A poet regarded with indifference or disesteem.
Kindness n: A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.
DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.