repent

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   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.

2. 2
   verb

   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.

3. 3
   verb

   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.

4. 4
   verb

   To be sorry for, to regret.

   I repent my sins.

From Middle English repenten, from Old French repentir, from Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre. Compare Modern French repentir.

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