Definition of repent

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

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Repenting :: Repenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repen.
Irrepentance :: Irrepentance (n.) Want of repentance; impenitence.
Attrite :: Attrite (a.) Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.
Repented :: Repented (imp. & p. p.) of Repen.
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..
Repent :: Repent (a.) Same as Reptant.
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..
Repentant :: Repentant (n.) One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent..
Unrepentance :: Unrepentance (n.) Impenitence.
Repentant :: Repentant (a.) Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes..
Resipiscence :: Resipiscence (n.) Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance..
Forthink :: Forthink (v. t.) To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret.
Reptant :: Reptant (a.) Same as Repent.
Repent :: Repent (v. i.) To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction..
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.
Repentant :: Repentant (a.) Penitent; sorry for sin.
Repentless :: Repentless (a.) Unrepentant.
Repent :: Repent (v. t.) To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.
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