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Repent :: Repent (v. i.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin..

Contrition :: Contrition (n.) The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance..

Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory..

Repent :: Repent (v. t.) To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.

Repentant :: Repentant (a.) Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes..

Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.

Penance :: Penance (n.) Repentance.

Procrastinate :: Procrastinate (v. t.) To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance..

Repent :: Repent (v. t.) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.

Evangelist :: Evangelist (n.) A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance..

Repent :: Repent (a.) Same as Reptant.

Impenitence :: Impenitence (n.) The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.

Rue :: Rue (v. t.) To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from..

Repentant :: Repentant (n.) One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent..

Irrepentance :: Irrepentance (n.) Want of repentance; impenitence.

Repent :: Repent (a.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.

Forthink :: Forthink (v. t.) To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret.

Repentance :: Repentance (n.) The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin..

Spasm :: Spasm (v. t.) A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance..

Repentant :: Repentant (a.) Penitent; sorry for sin.

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