Definitions for repent

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repent re·pent

Spelling: [ri-pent]

IPA: /rɪˈpɛnt/

Repent is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in repent (eenprt).

Definitions for repent

adjective

1. creeping.

verb (used with object)

1. to remember or regard with self-reproach or contrition:
2. to feel sorry for; regret:

verb (used without object)

1. to feel sorry, self-reproachful, or contrite for past conduct; regret or be conscience-stricken about a past action, attitude, etc. (often followed by of):
2. to feel such sorrow for sin or fault as to be disposed to change one's life for the better; be penitent.

Origin of repent

1250-1300; Middle English repenten Old French repentir, equivalent to re- re- + pentir to feel sorrow (Latin paenitēre to regret, be sorry); see Examples for repent

There, some are tempted to buy; and some repent of having bought.

If you don't put down that gun in double quick time, you'll repent it.

And it is a very true proverb, 'Marry in haste and repent at leisure.'

A: You must repent for entertaining the notion of killing a person, especially as a means of resolving a dispute.

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

But rather than hiding away in a dark monastery to repent, Cardinal Law is instead an exalted member of Vatican inner circles.

If we have fallen into disgrace by sin, we should repent and lead a better life.

The alderman saw no reason to repent his decision, hastily as it had been made.

But after a night of cool reflection they began to repent of their haste.

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