Definition of repent

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Repent (v. t.) To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.

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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..
Streperous :: Strepent (a.) Noisy; loud.
Forthink :: Forthink (v. t.) To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret.
Impenitence :: Impenitence (n.) The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.
Repent :: Repent (a.) Same as Reptant.
Impenitent :: Impenitent (a.) Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.
Attrite :: Attrite (a.) Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.
Rue :: Rue (v. i.) To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.
Covenant :: Covenant (n.) The promises of God as revealed in the Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc..
Repentingly :: Repentingly (adv.) With repentance; penitently.
Penitent :: Penitent (a.) Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life..
Reptant :: Reptant (a.) Same as Repent.
Impenitently :: Impenitently (adv.) Without repentance.
Repent :: Repent (a.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.
Repent :: Repent (v. i.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin..
Irrepentance :: Irrepentance (n.) Want of repentance; impenitence.
Repent :: Repent (v. t.) To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.
Sinner :: Sinner (n.) One who has sinned; especially, one who has sinned without repenting; hence, a persistent and incorrigible transgressor; one condemned by the law of God..
Repentant :: Repentant (n.) One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent..
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..
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