Definition of repent

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

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Unrepentance :: Unrepentance (n.) Impenitence.
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..
Forthink :: Forthink (v. t.) To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret.
Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
Rue :: Rue (v. t.) To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from..
Attrite :: Attrite (a.) Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.
Repent :: Repent (v. t.) To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.
Repent :: Repent (v. i.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin..
Spasm :: Spasm (v. t.) A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance..
Repent :: Repent (v. i.) To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction..
Resipiscence :: Resipiscence (n.) Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance..
Impenitence :: Impenitence (n.) The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.
Repent :: Repent (v. t.) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
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..
Repentant :: Repentant (n.) One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent..
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..
Repentingly :: Repentingly (adv.) With repentance; penitently.
Repent :: Repent (a.) Same as Reptant.
Repentant :: Repentant (a.) Penitent; sorry for sin.
Impenitently :: Impenitently (adv.) Without repentance.
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