repent
verb /rɪˈpent/
/rɪˈpent/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they repent | /rɪˈpent/ /rɪˈpent/ |
| he / she / it repents | /rɪˈpents/ /rɪˈpents/ |
| past simple repented | /rɪˈpentɪd/ /rɪˈpentɪd/ |
| past participle repented | /rɪˈpentɪd/ /rɪˈpentɪd/ |
| -ing form repenting | /rɪˈpentɪŋ/ /rɪˈpentɪŋ/ |
- to feel and show that you are sorry for something bad or wrong that you have done
- God welcomes the sinner who repents.
- repent of something She had repented of what she had done.
- repent something He came to repent his hasty decision (= wished he had not taken it).
- repent for something I will spend the rest of my life trying to repent for my actions.
Wordfinder- amends
- apologize
- ashamed
- embarrassed
- forgive
- regret
- remorse
- repent
- sorry
- sympathy
Extra Examples- In order to be saved one must truly repent.
- She bitterly repented what she had done.
- She has repented of her sins.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- genuinely
- sincerely
- truly
- …
- come to
- for
- of
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French repentir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + pentir (based on Latin paenitere ‘cause to repent’).