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Repentant   /rɪpˈɛntənt/   Listen
adjective
Repentant  adj.  
1.
Penitent; sorry for sin. "Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood."
2.
Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes. "Repentant sighs and voluntary pains."


noun
Repentant  n.  One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent.





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"Repentant" Quotes from Famous Books



... quite proud of their achievement, and waving in triumph the copy of Jacques's letter. Dionysia seized upon it; and, while she read it aside, Miss Adelaide described the interview, stating how haughty and disdainful she had been, and how humble and repentant M. Galpin had seemed ...
— Within an Inch of His Life • Emile Gaboriau
... sent to a struggling death of agony in the sea, the peaceful men and women and children passengers of the Lusitania, may ever remain a cold boundary line between Germany and America unless the German people utter a condemnation of the tragedy that rings true and repentant. ...
— Face to Face with Kaiserism • James W. Gerard
... thee," he was crying. Kenkenes caught up the trembling, blushing, repentant girl and lowered her plump into ...
— The Yoke - A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children - of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt • Elizabeth Miller
... sun seemed here to be less bright and everything looked grey and misty. But there was the third picture still to this tale: here was the old father with outstretched arms running to meet and embrace his returning and repentant son, who was advancing timidly, worn out and emaciated and clad in a ragged coat. That was Heidi's favorite tale, which she read over and over again, aloud and to herself, and she was never tired of hearing the grandmother explain it to her and Clara. But ...
— Heidi • Johanna Spyri
... "sutler's chips" cost money, and that they have wasted on jimcracks too much of their hard earnings. Conway has taken a solemn Irish oath that the sutler shall never get another cent of him. But these are like the half repentant, but resultless, mutterings of the confirmed drunkard. The "new leaf" proposed to be turned over is ...
— The Citizen-Soldier - or, Memoirs of a Volunteer • John Beatty


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