Definition of repent in English:

repent

verb rɪˈpɛntrəˈpɛnt

[no object]

1Feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin.
the Padre urged his listeners to repent
he repented of his action
Example sentencesExamples
- She repents when she meets him, and moves into the place he is staying, near Msimangu's Mission House.
- Investors in growing enterprises have repented of their boom-era zeal and incautiousness, and are now subjecting every deal to microscopic scrutiny.
- With the devil given the chance to inhabit a body and repent, the mood is strictly Clerkenwell cabaret.
- If he sees, for example, that a wrongdoer has genuinely repented and that no good would come of forcing the miscreant to do jail time, he'll suspend his sentence.
- Then I realised that was the wrong spirit in which to do it and repented and only came back to the idea and consented to do it much much later, about three years ago.
- Titian later altered the background, painting out Dosso's intrusive architectural additions, which were doubtlessly prompted by Alfonso but then repented of.
- There Tondal repents of his misdeeds and returns to the holy candour of a life untroubled by sin (Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
- Hermione is not rejected by her husband, who repents when he learns of the oracle and of his son's death as foretold by it.
- Midas soon repented of his wish because he could not even eat because the bread he tried to put in his mouth became gold.
- A partridge, indeed, with a brood of ten behind her, ran forward threateningly, but soon repented of her fierceness, and clucked to her young ones not to be afraid.
- Because of all this, Cruise repents and learns that fidelity to a loved one is not so bad after all.
- Wonder if Janet will repent for her theft, or get caught further and further in a web of deceit.
- It may include feelings of guilt or profanation, at times engendering a twinge-or surge-of regret, an impulse to repent.
- It seems Faustus hears what the Evil Angel says, but tells himself that even if he were a devil, God will pity him if he repents.
- Franzen confesses his sin and repents by giving away his television set.
- Then, assured that the company had repented of their evil deeds and intentions, he granted his full, sovereign forgiveness to all.
- As in the scripture, the innocent Job must repent in order to be saved.
- Miss Macleod added that her expiring brother said that he had always repented of his actions.
- People have often repented of the sales they have made, but that had no place in court, he said.
- He shows excessive regret and wants to repent by embracing death.
Synonyms
feel remorse for, regret, be sorry for, rue, reproach oneself for, be ashamed of, feel contrite about, wish that one had not done something
be penitent, see the error of one's ways, be regretful, be remorseful, be repentant, be conscience-stricken, be guilt-ridden, wear sackcloth and ashes
1. 1.1with object View or think of (an action or omission) with deep regret or remorse.
  Marian came to repent her hasty judgement
  Example sentencesExamples
  Midas repented his wish, and Bacchus took away the gold touch, but later Midas found himself in trouble again.
  Sounds like you're repenting your new habit.
  The only way that can happen is if all of the girls admit and repent their sins.
  He repents his ways and gives the impoverished Cratchit a large pay increase, followed by significant donations to charity.
  While acknowledging and repenting my reporting errors, would I still choose it as one of our company's Worst Boards ever?
  In 1536, Angela Greca repented her life as a courtesan and became a nun in the convent of the convertite.
  It must be noted that the postwar Dutch government, compared with its counterparts in other countries, has done an exemplary job of honestly documenting-and repenting of-its people's wartime collaboration.
  It is reasonable to assume that Lucrezia Scanatoria had repented her former life of sin before she died.
  For this affront, Prometheus was punished terribly by Zeus, yet he never repented his act.
  When he has once taken those steps, the wage must rise; even if the workman's share in the profit does not come to him quite as quickly; he has no occasion to repent it.
  Maybe they could be shamed into repenting their sexuality.
  I had repented all my sin and I showed no more inclination for young men.
  Magdalen is not only brought ‘safely through all kinds of actual and positive wrongdoing without fatal or even serious damage’ but also achieves happiness because she avows and does not repent her past life.
  Osborne Hamley is bitterly estranged from his father, but when Osborne dies and the secret of his marriage is revealed, Squire Hamley, repenting his harshness, adopts Osborne's baby son.
  For the love of God, Allah, Yahweh and the winds willing repent your sins!
  Judgement tympana warned the congregation to repent their sins, with graphic illustrations of sinners going to hell.
  On several levels Mary is unsympathetic - she doesn't repent her murder, she shuns the affection of her loved ones, and continues to obsess about her lover.
  The Space Pirates are just too ruthless to get talked into repenting their ways.
  It seems rather redundant to spend your entire life repenting it just to end up in some place for all eternity.
  And repenting them, according to fixed law, is the only way to pass God's test.
2. 1.2repent oneselfarchaic Feel regret or penitence about.
  I repent me of all I did
  Example sentencesExamples
  But it is never enough when we repent ourselves, the only way to be effectively punished is from an outside source.
  As regards the originary genealogy, Robert laments, ‘I may be angry with my first parents for having sinned, but how I shall repent me of their sin, is beyond what I am able to comprehend’.
  And I stared at them, remembering how I had shivered in bed when I was okay, when I had repented myself.
  Then Judas, which had betrayed Him, when he saw that He was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.

Derivatives

repenter

noun

Most contemporaries cannot identify with the pious monk and virtuoso repenter who bored his superior with six-hour monologues about his sin.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French repentir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + pentir (based on Latin paenitere 'cause to repent').

Definition of repent in US English:

repent

verbrəˈpentrəˈpɛnt

[no object]

1Feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin.
the priest urged his listeners to repent
he repented of his action
Example sentencesExamples
- Because of all this, Cruise repents and learns that fidelity to a loved one is not so bad after all.
- With the devil given the chance to inhabit a body and repent, the mood is strictly Clerkenwell cabaret.
- Midas soon repented of his wish because he could not even eat because the bread he tried to put in his mouth became gold.
- If he sees, for example, that a wrongdoer has genuinely repented and that no good would come of forcing the miscreant to do jail time, he'll suspend his sentence.
- It may include feelings of guilt or profanation, at times engendering a twinge-or surge-of regret, an impulse to repent.
- A partridge, indeed, with a brood of ten behind her, ran forward threateningly, but soon repented of her fierceness, and clucked to her young ones not to be afraid.
- Franzen confesses his sin and repents by giving away his television set.
- There Tondal repents of his misdeeds and returns to the holy candour of a life untroubled by sin (Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
- Then, assured that the company had repented of their evil deeds and intentions, he granted his full, sovereign forgiveness to all.
- She repents when she meets him, and moves into the place he is staying, near Msimangu's Mission House.
- It seems Faustus hears what the Evil Angel says, but tells himself that even if he were a devil, God will pity him if he repents.
- Titian later altered the background, painting out Dosso's intrusive architectural additions, which were doubtlessly prompted by Alfonso but then repented of.
- As in the scripture, the innocent Job must repent in order to be saved.
- People have often repented of the sales they have made, but that had no place in court, he said.
- Investors in growing enterprises have repented of their boom-era zeal and incautiousness, and are now subjecting every deal to microscopic scrutiny.
- Then I realised that was the wrong spirit in which to do it and repented and only came back to the idea and consented to do it much much later, about three years ago.
- He shows excessive regret and wants to repent by embracing death.
- Wonder if Janet will repent for her theft, or get caught further and further in a web of deceit.
- Hermione is not rejected by her husband, who repents when he learns of the oracle and of his son's death as foretold by it.
- Miss Macleod added that her expiring brother said that he had always repented of his actions.
Synonyms
feel remorse for, regret, be sorry for, rue, reproach oneself for, be ashamed of, feel contrite about, wish that one had not done something
1. 1.1with object View or think of (an action or omission) with deep regret or remorse.
  Marian came to repent her hasty judgment
  Example sentencesExamples
  And repenting them, according to fixed law, is the only way to pass God's test.
  Midas repented his wish, and Bacchus took away the gold touch, but later Midas found himself in trouble again.
  Sounds like you're repenting your new habit.
  The Space Pirates are just too ruthless to get talked into repenting their ways.
  Osborne Hamley is bitterly estranged from his father, but when Osborne dies and the secret of his marriage is revealed, Squire Hamley, repenting his harshness, adopts Osborne's baby son.
  For this affront, Prometheus was punished terribly by Zeus, yet he never repented his act.
  In 1536, Angela Greca repented her life as a courtesan and became a nun in the convent of the convertite.
  Maybe they could be shamed into repenting their sexuality.
  It must be noted that the postwar Dutch government, compared with its counterparts in other countries, has done an exemplary job of honestly documenting-and repenting of-its people's wartime collaboration.
  The only way that can happen is if all of the girls admit and repent their sins.
  On several levels Mary is unsympathetic - she doesn't repent her murder, she shuns the affection of her loved ones, and continues to obsess about her lover.
  I had repented all my sin and I showed no more inclination for young men.
  Magdalen is not only brought ‘safely through all kinds of actual and positive wrongdoing without fatal or even serious damage’ but also achieves happiness because she avows and does not repent her past life.
  Judgement tympana warned the congregation to repent their sins, with graphic illustrations of sinners going to hell.
  He repents his ways and gives the impoverished Cratchit a large pay increase, followed by significant donations to charity.
  When he has once taken those steps, the wage must rise; even if the workman's share in the profit does not come to him quite as quickly; he has no occasion to repent it.
  It seems rather redundant to spend your entire life repenting it just to end up in some place for all eternity.
  For the love of God, Allah, Yahweh and the winds willing repent your sins!
  It is reasonable to assume that Lucrezia Scanatoria had repented her former life of sin before she died.
  While acknowledging and repenting my reporting errors, would I still choose it as one of our company's Worst Boards ever?
2. 1.2repent oneselfarchaic Feel regret or penitence about.
  I repent me of all I did
  Example sentencesExamples
  Then Judas, which had betrayed Him, when he saw that He was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.
  But it is never enough when we repent ourselves, the only way to be effectively punished is from an outside source.
  As regards the originary genealogy, Robert laments, ‘I may be angry with my first parents for having sinned, but how I shall repent me of their sin, is beyond what I am able to comprehend’.
  And I stared at them, remembering how I had shivered in bed when I was okay, when I had repented myself.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French repentir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + pentir (based on Latin paenitere ‘cause to repent’).

单词	repent
释义	Definition of repent in English: repent verb rɪˈpɛntrəˈpɛnt [no object] 1Feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin. the Padre urged his listeners to repent he repented of his action Example sentencesExamples She repents when she meets him, and moves into the place he is staying, near Msimangu's Mission House. Investors in growing enterprises have repented of their boom-era zeal and incautiousness, and are now subjecting every deal to microscopic scrutiny. With the devil given the chance to inhabit a body and repent, the mood is strictly Clerkenwell cabaret. If he sees, for example, that a wrongdoer has genuinely repented and that no good would come of forcing the miscreant to do jail time, he'll suspend his sentence. Then I realised that was the wrong spirit in which to do it and repented and only came back to the idea and consented to do it much much later, about three years ago. Titian later altered the background, painting out Dosso's intrusive architectural additions, which were doubtlessly prompted by Alfonso but then repented of. There Tondal repents of his misdeeds and returns to the holy candour of a life untroubled by sin (Getty Museum, Los Angeles). Hermione is not rejected by her husband, who repents when he learns of the oracle and of his son's death as foretold by it. Midas soon repented of his wish because he could not even eat because the bread he tried to put in his mouth became gold. A partridge, indeed, with a brood of ten behind her, ran forward threateningly, but soon repented of her fierceness, and clucked to her young ones not to be afraid. Because of all this, Cruise repents and learns that fidelity to a loved one is not so bad after all. Wonder if Janet will repent for her theft, or get caught further and further in a web of deceit. It may include feelings of guilt or profanation, at times engendering a twinge-or surge-of regret, an impulse to repent. It seems Faustus hears what the Evil Angel says, but tells himself that even if he were a devil, God will pity him if he repents. Franzen confesses his sin and repents by giving away his television set. Then, assured that the company had repented of their evil deeds and intentions, he granted his full, sovereign forgiveness to all. As in the scripture, the innocent Job must repent in order to be saved. Miss Macleod added that her expiring brother said that he had always repented of his actions. People have often repented of the sales they have made, but that had no place in court, he said. He shows excessive regret and wants to repent by embracing death. Synonyms feel remorse for, regret, be sorry for, rue, reproach oneself for, be ashamed of, feel contrite about, wish that one had not done something be penitent, see the error of one's ways, be regretful, be remorseful, be repentant, be conscience-stricken, be guilt-ridden, wear sackcloth and ashes 1.1with object View or think of (an action or omission) with deep regret or remorse. Marian came to repent her hasty judgement Example sentencesExamples Midas repented his wish, and Bacchus took away the gold touch, but later Midas found himself in trouble again. Sounds like you're repenting your new habit. The only way that can happen is if all of the girls admit and repent their sins. He repents his ways and gives the impoverished Cratchit a large pay increase, followed by significant donations to charity. While acknowledging and repenting my reporting errors, would I still choose it as one of our company's Worst Boards ever? In 1536, Angela Greca repented her life as a courtesan and became a nun in the convent of the convertite. It must be noted that the postwar Dutch government, compared with its counterparts in other countries, has done an exemplary job of honestly documenting-and repenting of-its people's wartime collaboration. It is reasonable to assume that Lucrezia Scanatoria had repented her former life of sin before she died. For this affront, Prometheus was punished terribly by Zeus, yet he never repented his act. When he has once taken those steps, the wage must rise; even if the workman's share in the profit does not come to him quite as quickly; he has no occasion to repent it. Maybe they could be shamed into repenting their sexuality. I had repented all my sin and I showed no more inclination for young men. Magdalen is not only brought ‘safely through all kinds of actual and positive wrongdoing without fatal or even serious damage’ but also achieves happiness because she avows and does not repent her past life. Osborne Hamley is bitterly estranged from his father, but when Osborne dies and the secret of his marriage is revealed, Squire Hamley, repenting his harshness, adopts Osborne's baby son. For the love of God, Allah, Yahweh and the winds willing repent your sins! Judgement tympana warned the congregation to repent their sins, with graphic illustrations of sinners going to hell. On several levels Mary is unsympathetic - she doesn't repent her murder, she shuns the affection of her loved ones, and continues to obsess about her lover. The Space Pirates are just too ruthless to get talked into repenting their ways. It seems rather redundant to spend your entire life repenting it just to end up in some place for all eternity. And repenting them, according to fixed law, is the only way to pass God's test. 1.2repent oneselfarchaic Feel regret or penitence about. I repent me of all I did Example sentencesExamples But it is never enough when we repent ourselves, the only way to be effectively punished is from an outside source. As regards the originary genealogy, Robert laments, ‘I may be angry with my first parents for having sinned, but how I shall repent me of their sin, is beyond what I am able to comprehend’. And I stared at them, remembering how I had shivered in bed when I was okay, when I had repented myself. Then Judas, which had betrayed Him, when he saw that He was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. Derivatives repenter noun Most contemporaries cannot identify with the pious monk and virtuoso repenter who bored his superior with six-hour monologues about his sin. Origin Middle English: from Old French repentir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + pentir (based on Latin paenitere 'cause to repent'). Definition of repent in US English: repent verbrəˈpentrəˈpɛnt [no object] 1Feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin. the priest urged his listeners to repent he repented of his action Example sentencesExamples Because of all this, Cruise repents and learns that fidelity to a loved one is not so bad after all. With the devil given the chance to inhabit a body and repent, the mood is strictly Clerkenwell cabaret. Midas soon repented of his wish because he could not even eat because the bread he tried to put in his mouth became gold. If he sees, for example, that a wrongdoer has genuinely repented and that no good would come of forcing the miscreant to do jail time, he'll suspend his sentence. It may include feelings of guilt or profanation, at times engendering a twinge-or surge-of regret, an impulse to repent. A partridge, indeed, with a brood of ten behind her, ran forward threateningly, but soon repented of her fierceness, and clucked to her young ones not to be afraid. Franzen confesses his sin and repents by giving away his television set. There Tondal repents of his misdeeds and returns to the holy candour of a life untroubled by sin (Getty Museum, Los Angeles). Then, assured that the company had repented of their evil deeds and intentions, he granted his full, sovereign forgiveness to all. She repents when she meets him, and moves into the place he is staying, near Msimangu's Mission House. It seems Faustus hears what the Evil Angel says, but tells himself that even if he were a devil, God will pity him if he repents. Titian later altered the background, painting out Dosso's intrusive architectural additions, which were doubtlessly prompted by Alfonso but then repented of. As in the scripture, the innocent Job must repent in order to be saved. People have often repented of the sales they have made, but that had no place in court, he said. Investors in growing enterprises have repented of their boom-era zeal and incautiousness, and are now subjecting every deal to microscopic scrutiny. Then I realised that was the wrong spirit in which to do it and repented and only came back to the idea and consented to do it much much later, about three years ago. He shows excessive regret and wants to repent by embracing death. Wonder if Janet will repent for her theft, or get caught further and further in a web of deceit. Hermione is not rejected by her husband, who repents when he learns of the oracle and of his son's death as foretold by it. Miss Macleod added that her expiring brother said that he had always repented of his actions. Synonyms feel remorse for, regret, be sorry for, rue, reproach oneself for, be ashamed of, feel contrite about, wish that one had not done something 1.1with object View or think of (an action or omission) with deep regret or remorse. Marian came to repent her hasty judgment Example sentencesExamples And repenting them, according to fixed law, is the only way to pass God's test. Midas repented his wish, and Bacchus took away the gold touch, but later Midas found himself in trouble again. Sounds like you're repenting your new habit. The Space Pirates are just too ruthless to get talked into repenting their ways. Osborne Hamley is bitterly estranged from his father, but when Osborne dies and the secret of his marriage is revealed, Squire Hamley, repenting his harshness, adopts Osborne's baby son. For this affront, Prometheus was punished terribly by Zeus, yet he never repented his act. In 1536, Angela Greca repented her life as a courtesan and became a nun in the convent of the convertite. Maybe they could be shamed into repenting their sexuality. It must be noted that the postwar Dutch government, compared with its counterparts in other countries, has done an exemplary job of honestly documenting-and repenting of-its people's wartime collaboration. The only way that can happen is if all of the girls admit and repent their sins. On several levels Mary is unsympathetic - she doesn't repent her murder, she shuns the affection of her loved ones, and continues to obsess about her lover. I had repented all my sin and I showed no more inclination for young men. Magdalen is not only brought ‘safely through all kinds of actual and positive wrongdoing without fatal or even serious damage’ but also achieves happiness because she avows and does not repent her past life. Judgement tympana warned the congregation to repent their sins, with graphic illustrations of sinners going to hell. He repents his ways and gives the impoverished Cratchit a large pay increase, followed by significant donations to charity. When he has once taken those steps, the wage must rise; even if the workman's share in the profit does not come to him quite as quickly; he has no occasion to repent it. It seems rather redundant to spend your entire life repenting it just to end up in some place for all eternity. For the love of God, Allah, Yahweh and the winds willing repent your sins! It is reasonable to assume that Lucrezia Scanatoria had repented her former life of sin before she died. While acknowledging and repenting my reporting errors, would I still choose it as one of our company's Worst Boards ever? 1.2repent oneselfarchaic Feel regret or penitence about. I repent me of all I did Example sentencesExamples Then Judas, which had betrayed Him, when he saw that He was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. But it is never enough when we repent ourselves, the only way to be effectively punished is from an outside source. As regards the originary genealogy, Robert laments, ‘I may be angry with my first parents for having sinned, but how I shall repent me of their sin, is beyond what I am able to comprehend’. And I stared at them, remembering how I had shivered in bed when I was okay, when I had repented myself. Origin Middle English: from Old French repentir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + pentir (based on Latin paenitere ‘cause to repent’).
随便看	wealth tax wealthy wealthy-looking with a posh accent with application with apprehension/trepidation with approbation with a ring of truth with a rod of iron with a screw loose with a sixth sense with as much vigour as possible with a sneer with a soft spot for with assurance with a steady pulse with a struggle with a temperature with a tendency with a tendency to get with a vengeance with a vengeance with a view to with a view to with a will