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单词 repenter
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repentern.

Brit. /rᵻˈpɛntə/, U.S. /rəˈpɛn(t)ər/, /riˈpɛn(t)ər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: repent v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < repent v. + -er suffix1. Compare earlier repentant n.
A person who repents; a penitent.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun] > person undergoing
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penitenta1425
penancera1500
repenter1543
penitentiary1563
shrift child1568
penitentionary1577
contritea1600
penitencerc1600
confessanta1603
shriveling1603
confitent1606
confessary1608
penitentiala1633
confessionaire1747
mourner1807
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > one who repents
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1543 G. Joye Unite & Scisme Olde Chirche sig. C.iv The trwe repenters sorow and lament that euer thei haue offended so benigne and ientle a father.
1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Vision of Abdy in Aggeus & Abdias Prophetes sig. Hh.viii A kyngdom can not stande without ministering of iustice: punyshinge sinne,..deliuering the innocent repenter, and condemninge obstinates.
1621 A. Cade Serm. Nature of Conscience 34 Judas..did now repent..much better then the ordinary repenters at shrift.
1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem i. 73 Some say, a Bishop Covenanter, If a penitent repenter, Causeth more Joy to Sp'rits Divine, Then all the other ninety nine.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. i. 21 Having inrolled myself among the too-late repenters, who shall pity me?
1842 G. S. Faber Provinc. Lett. (1844) II. 101 The repenters..ought forthwith to quit the wicked Church of England.
1951 Mod. Philol. 49 43/1 No one of them is..an unselfish repenter for wrong done, like Othello or Lear.
2003 C. Yung-Fa in J. N. Wasserstrom 20th-cent. China viii. 175 Zhang Keqin appeared at the mass meetings as a model repenter and urged other ‘spies’ to follow his own example.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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