repentingn.
/rᵻˈpɛntɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈpɛn(t)ɪŋ/, /riˈpɛn(t)ɪŋ/ The action of repent v.; an instance of this; repentance.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun]
reusingeOE
rueeOE
ruenessOE
bireusingc1000
penitencea1200
rutha1200
after-charc1220
again-charc1220
ruesomenessa1225
ofthinkingc1225
forthinkinga1250
repentancec1300
penancea1325
pityc1330
compunctiona1340
agenbite1340
repentingc1350
athinking1382
contritionc1386
repentaillec1390
rueinga1400
remorse of conscience (also mind)c1410
conscience?a1425
remorsea1425
penitencya1500
penitudea1538
resipiscency?c1550
penancy?1567
resipiscence1570
repent1573
brokennessa1617
remorsefulnessa1617
synteresy1616
synderesis1639
heart-searching1647
synteresis1650
remordency1658
contriteness1692
resentment1705
penitentness1727
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > [noun]
reusingeOE
deedbotec1000
sin-bootc1175
penitencea1200
repentancec1300
penancea1325
compunctiona1340
repentingc1350
contritionc1386
repentaillec1390
remorse of conscience (also mind)c1410
penitencya1500
penitudea1538
penancy?1567
repent1573
metanoia1577
remorsefulnessa1617
synteresy1616
synderesis1639
synteresis1650
remordency1658
sermon-sicknessa1665
contriteness1692
penitentness1727
c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 39 (MED) Two þynges her-wyþ-ynne [sc. in Penance] beþ, For-ȝefþe and repentynge.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4958 (MED) Don yee haue þe sin yee wate; Your repenting [Trin. Cambr. repentaunce] es now to late.
a1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Tanner) (1879) Prol. l. 156 Tho had doon vnkyndenesse..humblely songe hir repentynge.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 262/1 Repentyng, regret, repentence.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 66 Wooing, wedding, and repenting, is as a Scotch ijgge, a measure, and a cinquepace. View more context for this quotation
1673 J. Milton Sonnets xviii, in Poems (new ed.) 60 Deep thoughts..to drench In mirth, that after no repenting drawes.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 164 To talk of my repenting, alas! And with that he fetch'd a deep Sigh.
1851 R. C. Trench Poems 93 Repentings for her quick and angry mood.
1883 Jrnl. Soc. Bib. Lit. 3 24 Alternate repentings and hardenings in Pharaoh.
1940 W. D. D. Lowrie tr. S. Kierkegaard Stages on Life's Way 318 I ought never to talk about my repenting, least of all allege pride..as the reason.
2000 Guardian (Nexis) 18 Mar. 12 That God repented at all has been a problem for theologians, for there is an embarrassing contradiction between divine perfections and divine repentings.
Compounds
repenting stool n. now historical = stool of repentance n. at repentance n. Phrases 1.
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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > of repentance
penitent form1563
repenting stool1567
stool of repentance1581
place of repentance1582
repentance stool1591
repentance seat1771
cutty-stoola1774
Mercy seat1818
anxious seat1827
anxious bench1832
mourner's bench1834
mourner's seat1845
moaner's bench1929
1567 in 6th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1877) 643/2 He sall..present him self vpon the Repenting stuill in the parochiall Kyrk of Anstruthair in Repenting maneir.
1651 R. Watson Ακολουθος: Second Faire Warning xiii. 204 Their consistorian fourmes, & repenting stooles with other luggage be next cast into the flames first kindled by themselves.
1724 A. Pennecuik Rome's Legacy to Kirk of Scotl. (ed. 2) 3 They gave the Surplice to the English Prelates, And their Repenting-Stools to Scottish Zealots.
1847 J. P. Lawson Bk. Perth 196 Public repentance on the repenting-stool being suspended.
1996 F. Haslam From Hogarth to Rowlandson ii. 48 In the final scene St André ends up manacled and seated upon a repenting stool.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
repentingadj.
/rᵻˈpɛntɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈpɛn(t)ɪŋ/, /riˈpɛn(t)ɪŋ/ That repents.
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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
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §831 Whanne thise trespassours & repentynge folk of hir folies..hadden herd what thise messagers seyden vn to hem; they weren right glad.
1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Ivv Chrystes bloude (which must be received with a repentinge hart thorow faith).
a1605 R. Bannatyne Memorials Trans. Scotl. (1836) 261 God grant thaim repenting hartes.
1618 G. Strode Anat. Mortalitie 145 Vnto the repenting person hee giueth a soft heart.
1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cxcviii. 50 Repenting England..To Philip's Manes did an off'ring bring.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 8 Like a true repenting Prodigal.
1789 D. Rittenhouse tr. G. E. Lessing Lucy Sampson v. ix. 83 Another life would be necessary for all that a repenting, punished child, could say to an injured, generous and tender father.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna v. v. 95 Tears of repenting joy, which fast intruded, Fell fast.
1873 W. G. Wills Charles I iv. 73 'Twas thou, when the repenting Parliament Were fain for reconcilement, brought thy soldiers.
1923 Philos. Rev. 32 362 The assertion that there is more joy in heaven over one repenting sinner than over ninety and nine just men.
2001 S. Boym Future of Nostalgia xii. 282 The writer who didn't repent is worse than a repenting murderer.
Derivatives
reˈpentingly adv.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [adverb]
repentantlya1555
penitently1561
repentingly1595
compunctually1625
penitentially1648
remorsefully1702
contritely1829
compunctiously1863
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > [adverb]
repentantlya1555
penitently1561
repentingly1595
compunctually1625
penitentially1648
remorsefully1702
contritely1829
1595 A. Copley Loves Owle in Wits Fittes & Fancies sig. A Let an aged man alone..To record repentingly his youthes amisses.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Repentivement,..repentingly, with repentance.
1642 S. Ashe Best Refuge 54 We must repentingly returne unto the Lord.
1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. iv.* 134 There were many useful citizens whom they had..sent into banishment, and these they now repentingly wished to restore.
1893 Daily News 8 May 5/5 Those who..repentingly returned to the bosom of the party.
1943 A. Post Pop. Freethought Amer. iv. 158 When the Albany Daily Advertiser printed the infidel toasts.., a group of advertisers and subscribers put pressure on the editor, and he repentingly apologized.
1996 Jrnl. Aesthetic Educ. 30 111 Emma suppresses the ‘sigh’ with which she had repentingly impressed upon her soul the ‘official culture’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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