Definitions for repentant

repentant re·pent·ant

Spelling: [ri-pen-tnt, -pen-tuh nt]
IPA: /rɪˈpɛn tnt, -ˈpɛn tənt/

Repentant is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 254 anagrams from letters in repentant (aeennprtt).

Definitions for repentant

adjective

  1. repenting; penitent; experiencing repentance.
  2. characterized by or showing repentance:

Origin of repentant

1250-1300; Middle English repentaunt Old French repentant (present participle of repentir). See repent1, -ant

Examples for repentant

I came down and threw myself, repentant and wretched, into her motherly arms.

A sympathetic figure, Tyson has been repentant about many aspects of his behavior.

Her father would not discard his afflicted, his repentant child.

But Mr. Monday was startled by the near approach of death, rather than repentant.

You treated me as the angels treat the repentant sinner, Sir Giles.'

Now his attackers—some repentant, others still spewing hate—have been sentenced.

Two years later, a repentant Uma wore skin-tight Versace in a meek porridge hue.

Beck may not be the first repentant Republican, but he is certainly the most operatic, a kind of comic Pavarotti of the right.

And the sea was quiet as she was, repentant surely of its former furies.

I left them repentant and thoroughly ashamed of themselves, and went to other duties.

Word Value for repentant
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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