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 Definitions of pentimento  [ˌpɛn təˈmɛn toʊ]  

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Definition of 'pentimento' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) pentimento
the reemergence in a painting of an image that has been painted over.

2.  pentimento
the image itself.

Etymology:  (1900–05; < It, =penti(re) to repent (< L paenitēre to regret) +-mento -ment)

Definition of 'pentimento' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pentimento
the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age)

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