Definition of repent

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

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Repented :: Repented (imp. & p. p.) of Repen.
Repentless :: Repentless (a.) Unrepentant.
Attrite :: Attrite (a.) Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.
Repentant :: Repentant (n.) One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent..
Spasm :: Spasm (v. t.) A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance..
Irrepentance :: Irrepentance (n.) Want of repentance; impenitence.
Repentantly :: Repentantly (adv.) In a repentant manner.
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..
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..
Forthink :: Forthink (v. t.) To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret.
Rue :: Rue (v. t.) To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from..
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 (v. t.) To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.
Repent :: Repent (a.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.
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..
Impenitent :: Impenitent (a.) Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.
Repent :: Repent (v. i.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin..
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..
Repent :: Repent (v. i.) To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction..
Reptant :: Reptant (a.) Same as Repent.
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