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Definition of Repent
Repent

Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.

Same as Reptant.

To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.

To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.

To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin.

To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.

To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.

To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.

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Repent Quotations

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!
Henry David Thoreau

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

We never repent of having eaten too little.
Thomas Jefferson

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.
Voltaire

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Repent Translations

repent in Dutch is tot inkeer komen, berouw hebben
repent in Finnish is katua
repent in French is repentir, repentez, repentons, repentent
repent in German is bereuen

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