Definition of repent

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

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Repent :: Repent (v. t.) To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.
Repent :: Repent (a.) Same as Reptant.
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..
Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
Repentless :: Repentless (a.) Unrepentant.
Repenter :: Repenter (n.) One who repents.
Repent :: Repent (v. t.) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
Contrition :: Contrition (n.) The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance..
Repent :: Repent (a.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.
Irrepentance :: Irrepentance (n.) Want of repentance; impenitence.
Repented :: Repented (imp. & p. p.) of Repen.
Repentingly :: Repentingly (adv.) With repentance; penitently.
Repenting :: Repenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repen.
Attrite :: Attrite (a.) Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.
Repentant :: Repentant (a.) Penitent; sorry for sin.
Impenitence :: Impenitence (n.) The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.
Impenitently :: Impenitently (adv.) Without repentance.
Repent :: Repent (v. t.) To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.
Penitence :: Penitence (n.) The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition.
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..
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