Definition of repent

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

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Reptant :: Reptant (a.) Same as Repent.
Streperous :: Strepent (a.) Noisy; loud.
Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
Contrition :: Contrition (n.) The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance..
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..
Repent :: Repent (v. i.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin..
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..
Impenitence :: Impenitence (n.) The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.
Rue :: Rue (v. t.) To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from..
Repent :: Repent (v. t.) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
Repentant :: Repentant (a.) Penitent; sorry for sin.
Forthink :: Forthink (v. t.) To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret.
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..
Irrepentance :: Irrepentance (n.) Want of repentance; impenitence.
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..
Impenitent :: Impenitent (a.) Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.
Repentant :: Repentant (a.) Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes..
Rue :: Rue (v. i.) To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.
Attrite :: Attrite (a.) Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.
Repenter :: Repenter (n.) One who repents.
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