repentverb [ I ]
uk/rɪˈpent/us/rɪˈpent/formalto be very sorry for something bad you have done in the past and wish that you had not done it:
He repented (of his sins) just hours before he died.
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Sadness and regret
- a heavy heart idiom
- be/weigh on your conscience idiom
- bitter
- bring a lump to/have a lump in your throat idiom
- broken-hearted
- gloom
- gloomy
- guilt
- guilt complex
- guilt trip
- guilt-ridden
- guilt trip
- lament
- melancholy
- mourn
- rue
- rue the day idiom
- rueful
- sackcloth
- sad
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Making & accepting apologies
repentance
noun [ U ] uk/rɪˈpen.təns/us/rɪˈpen.təns/
This was an extremely violent crime, for which the boy showed no repentance.