As sin is separation from God, repentance then is returning to God.
True repentance is a human longing to return to the origin from which it was taken.
It is the desire of a heart that stayed away from God, and felt that it stay away any longer. As sin is a dispute with God, so repentance is reconciliation with God. Actually repentance is not only reconciliation, but the means by with God returns and dwells in the human heart, transforming it to a heaven. Repentance is also a spiritual awakening The sinful person is unaware of his state. He then came back to his alertness, to his correct thinking ,and to his spiritual understanding.