repent
repent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Zoöl.) Same as Reptant.
- 2.To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do. First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents. Dryden.
- 3.To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction. Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt. Ex. xiii.
- 4.3. (Theol.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin. Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish. Luke xii.
- 5.1. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. I do repent it from my very soul. Shak.
- 6.To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively. My father has repented him ere now. Dryden.
- 7.To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally. [Archaic] "And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth." Gen. vi. 6.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absolve
- accusation
- aching
- again
- alas
- amende
- amends
- and
- apologize
- apology
- ashes
- atone
- atonement
- bad
- beg
- behind
- bewail
- bitterness
- burnt
- cast
- come
- compensation
- composition
- compromise
- conciliation
- day
- deplore
- discontent
- down
- expiate
- expiation
- fair
- fall
- flagellation
- for
- forfeit
- give
- good
- hang
- have
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is repent.
- What is to feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do. First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents. Dryden called?
- What is to change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction. Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt. Ex. xiii called?
- What is 3. (Theol.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin. Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish. Luke xii called?
- What is 1. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. I do repent it from my very soul. Shak called?
- What is to feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively. My father has repented him ere now. Dryden called?
- What is to cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally. [Archaic] "And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth." Gen. vi. 6 called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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