- (v.i.) To feel pain, sorrow or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.
- (v.i.) To change the mind or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.
- (a.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.
- (v.t.) To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.
- (v.i.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin.
- (v.t.) To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.
- (a.) Same as Reptant.
- (v.t.) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| Chicago | Webster's. 2011. "repent" http://smartdefine.org/repent/definitions/2054624 (accessed September 22, 2026). |
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| MLA | Webster's. "repent" 27 May 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/repent/definitions/2054624> |