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单词 repentful
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repentfuladj.

Brit. /rᵻˈpɛntf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /rəˈpɛn(t)f(ə)l/, /riˈpɛn(t)f(ə)l/
Forms: see repent v. and -ful suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: repent v., -ful suffix.
Etymology: < repent v. + -ful suffix.
rare.
Full of repentance.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [adjective] > penitent or contrite
rueingOE
repentantc1230
contritea1340
penitent1341
compunctc1384
repentingc1405
compuncteda1425
contrited1483
repentful1561
repentable1571
relenting1576
remorsed1579
remorseful1590
repent1598
remording1614
compunctiousa1616
repentive1620
compunctionate1681
resipiscent1872
1561 H. Becher tr. Vocation & Callyng All Nations sig. C(ii) From thence commeth..repentful counsailes or deuises, & no lesse miserye, then multitude of synnes.
1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd vii. 96 An idle and lazy youth, brings with it a repentfull and a painfull old age.
1846 W. S. R. Hodson Let. 26 Oct. in G. H. Hodson Twelve Yrs. Soldier's Life in India (1864) 89 Yesterday the Sheikh sent letters to say he was sorry and repentful, and was on his way to tender his submission.
1898 D. de Leon tr. K. Marx Eighteenth Brumaire of L. Bonaparte vi. 55 A repentful return from the Protestant State Church into the Catholic.
2006 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 21 Apr. c1 They were not repentful for their actions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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