repent
/ɹɪˈpɛnt/ verb C2- To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of". · Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
- To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
- To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
- To be sorry for, to regret.
He/she/it repents · Past repented · Past participle repented · -ing form repenting
Verb forms
- Base form
- repent
- He/she/it
- repents
- Past
- repented
- Past participle
- repented
- -ing form
- repenting
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The whole Body quickly became debilitated, and the hands, feet, mouth, and eyes, when too late, repented of their folly.
“I’ll tell Marilla as soon as she comes in I’ve repented.”
Bitterly did she repent the license she had given to her imagination.
I used up the whole bottle, and oh, Marilla, when I saw the dreadful color it turned my hair I repented of being wicked, I can tell you.
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