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repent¹
- /ɹɪˈpɛnt/
Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English repenten, from Old French repentir, from Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre. Compare Modern French repentir.
verb repents · repenting · repented
- To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of". Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
- To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love. ... 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.
- To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. If Aljunied decides to go that way (to vote for the Workers' Party), well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.
- To be sorry for, to regret. I repent my sins.
- To cause to have sorrow or regret. at that time she wolde nat, she seyde, for she was syke and myght nat ryde. "That me repentith," seyde the kynge[…].
- To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret. 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: […]
- To change one's mind. The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Similar: afterthink, regret, rue
repent²
- /ˈɹiːpənt/
Where it comes from
From Latin rēpēns, present participle of rēpō (“to creep”).
adjective
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Creeping along the ground.
The pennated, repent and ferine entities of the boscage, are ousels, shellducks, […] and ursine quadrupeds.
Similar: reptant
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: regret, atone, rue, turn, ye, ance, lament, apologize, bemoan, recant, retract, sorrow, mourn, bewail, deplore, expiate
verb
Similar: afterthink, regret, rue
Translations
Every language
verb to feel sorry for, to regret
| Русский | жале́ть žalétʹ, сожале́ть sožalétʹ, ка́яться kájatʹsja, пока́яться pokájatʹsja |
|---|
verb to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do
| Español | arrepentirse, repentirse |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 뉘우치다 nwiuchida |
| 日本語 | 悔い改める kuiaratameru |
| 中文 | 悔悟 huǐwù, 悔改 huǐgǎi, 後悔 /后悔 hòuhuǐ |
| हिन्दी | पछताना pachtānā |
| Português | arrepender-se |
| Français | se repentir |
| Italiano | pentirsi |
| Ελληνικά | μετανοώ metanoó, μετανιώνω metanióno |
| Русский | сожале́ть sožalétʹ, сокруша́ться sokrušátʹsja, ка́яться kájatʹsja, пока́яться pokájatʹsja, раска́иваться raskáivatʹsja, раска́яться raskájatʹsja |
| العربية | تَابَ tāba |
verb theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness
| 中文 | 忏悔 chànhuǐ, 悔改 huǐgǎi |
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| हिन्दी | मन फिराना man phirānā |
| Kiswahili | kutubu |
| Français | se repentir |
| Русский | ка́яться kájatʹsja, пока́яться pokájatʹsja, раска́иваться raskáivatʹsja, раска́яться raskájatʹsja |
| العربية | تَابَ tāba |
verb to feel pain on account of, to remember with sorrow
| Español | arrepentir |
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| Português | arrepender |
| Français | repentir |
| Deutsch | bereuen, bedauern |
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@misc{repent_2026,
title = {repent},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/repent},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
