repent
Part of speech: verb
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
lifestyle
natural-sciences
religion
theology
Etymology: From Middle English repenten, from Old French repentir, from Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre. Compare Modern French repentir.
Inflected forms:
form: repents
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: repenting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: repented
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: repented
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
If Aljunied decides to go that way (to vote for Workers' Party), well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.
gloss: To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: ... Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Mad Prophet: Repent! Repent and restore your souls to glory before it is too late! This great station has fallen, and all within shall fall with it!
The Court shall, after sentencing an offender for any offence under section 221, 222, 223 or 224 and before execution of the punishment, order the offender to repent.
gloss: To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: If Aljunied decides to go that way (to vote for the Workers' Party), well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.
gloss: To be sorry for, to regret.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I repent my sins.
And what I ſaid in time of our buſines I repent not,
And if it were to ſpeake againe,
Euerie word ſhould be a whole ſermon,
So much I repent me.
gloss: To cause to have sorrow or regret.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
examples: at that time she wolde nat, she seyde, for she was syke and myght nat ryde. "That me repentith," seyde the kynge[…].
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
gloss: To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
reflexive
examples: But if that I knewe what his name hight,
For clatering of me I would him ſone quight;
For his falſe lying, of that I ſpake never,
I could make him ſhortly repent him forever: […]
gloss: To change one's mind.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
intransitive
examples: The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
gloss: Creeping along the ground.
pos: adj
examples: The pennated, repent and ferine entities of the boscage, are ousels, shellducks, […] and ursine quadrupeds.
Synonyms: afterthink
regret
rue
Related words: penance
penitence
penitent
penitentiary
repentance
repentant
unrepentable
Derived words: marry in haste, repent at leisure
repentable
repenter
repentingly
repentless
unrepented
unrepenting
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: съжалявам
roman: sǎžaljavam
lang: Dutch
word: betreuren
lang: Finnish
word: katua
lang: Russian
word: жале́ть
roman: žalétʹ
lang: Russian
word: сожале́ть
roman: sožalétʹ
lang: Russian
word: ка́яться
roman: kájatʹsja
lang: Russian
word: пока́яться
roman: pokájatʹsja
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кајати се
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: покајати се
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kajati se
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pokajati se
lang: Turkish
word: pişman olmak