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/rɪpˈɛnt/ Listen

verb

Repent v. t.

1.

To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. "I do repent it from my very soul."

2.

To feel regret or sorrow; used reflexively. "My father has repented him ere now."

3.

To cause to have sorrow or regret; used impersonally. (Archaic) "And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth."

Repent v. i. (past & past part. repented; pres. part. repenting)

1.

To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do. "First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents."

2.

To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction. "Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt."

3.

(Theol.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin. "Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish."

adjective

Repent adj.

1.

(Bot.) Prostrate and rooting; said of stems.

2.

(Zool.) Same as Reptant.

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Etymology of 'Repent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Repent" Quotes from Famous Books

... from God be reclaimed! May every one be stirred up to consider, What will become of him in another world! For who amongst us can dwell with everlasting burnings? [Isa. xxxiii. 14.] Yet such MUST be our lot, unless we repent. May the Lord God give, to each of you, repentance unto life, that you may be holy in this world, and happy in ...

— An Address to the Inhabitants of the Colonies, Established in New South Wales and Norfolk Island. • Richard Johnson

... 'with a brown coat on, which reaches nearly to his feet.' There was no 'Q' in the alphabet of the five-needle instrument, and the clerk at Slough began to spell the word 'Quaker' with a 'kwa'; but when he had got so far he was interrupted by the clerk at Paddington, who asked him to 'repent.' The repetition fared no better, until a boy at Paddington suggested that Slough should be allowed to finish the word. 'Kwaker' was understood, and as soon as Tawell stepped out on the platform at Paddington he was 'shadowed' by a detective, who followed ...

— Heroes of the Telegraph • J. Munro

... men repent and then forget That heavenly wrath they ever met, The band of Gideon yet will come And strike their tongues of blasphemy dumb. Each black cloud Is a fiery steed. And they cry aloud With each strong deed, "The sword of ...

— The Upward Path - A Reader For Colored Children • Various

... Marquis of Rockingham or the Duke of Richmond, in that situation, I could not have attended more to their honor, or endeavored more earnestly to give efficacy to the measures I had taken in common with them. The return which I, and all who acted as I did, have met with from him, does not make me repent the ...

— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

... go for very little, but whenever an opportunity occurs I wish to say just this if nothing more. It is my firm conviction that all who oppose so just a cause as woman suffrage know not what they do; and, if they are not dead within five years, will repent their opposition in deep and ...

— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II • Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage

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