Etymology: [ ri-'pent ] (verb.) 14th century. From French repentir, from re- + a late derivative of Latin poenitere (“be penitant”), alteration of Latin paenitere.
Synonyms: afterthink, regret, apologize, atone, be ashamed, be contrite, be sorry, bewail, deplore, feel remorse, have qualms, lament, reform, relent, reproach oneself, rue, see error of ways, show penitence, sorrow
To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret, To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; to be sorry for, To cause to have sorrow or regret, To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow, To agree with God that you have failed to meet His perfect requirements To agree with God that you are not a perfect representation of His Character, and that you are therefore lacking To ask God's help in changing and becoming more like him, and turning your life and actions around to fit God's pattern for your life 8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness, Literally, to change one’s mind The Greek and Hebrew words that are translated as repent can either mean a simple change of mind or a realization of sin with the accompanying resolve to reform In some Bible translations, we find God repenting In the original language, it simply means that God changed His mind Technically, repentance is the change of mind and penance is the change of deeds For example, realizing that you were wrong to steal something is repentance, while returning the stolen goods is penance, feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about turn away from sin or do penitence, To turn away from and not to return to it again Such as in sin (we repent of our sins), feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about, To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do, To change ones mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction, a (L repens, crawling) said of a stem that is prostrate and rooting at the nodes, To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction, To cause to have sorrow or regret; used impersonally, To feel regret or sorrow; used reflexively, turn away from sin or do penitence, To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin, If you repent, you show or say that you are sorry for something wrong you have done. Those who refuse to repent, he said, will be punished Did he repent of anything in his life?. to be sorry for something and wish you had not done it - used especially when considering your actions in a religious way repent of (repentir, from pentir ), Same as Reptant, regret one's past actions, rue past events, feel sorrow about past occurrences, To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do, Prostrate and rooting; said of stems, past of repent, present participle of repent, third-person singular of repent,
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To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret
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To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; to be sorry for - "And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not."
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To cause to have sorrow or regret - "And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart."
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To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow
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To agree with God that you have failed to meet His perfect requirements To agree with God that you are not a perfect representation of His Character, and that you are therefore lacking To ask God's help in changing and becoming more like him, and turning your life and actions around to fit God's pattern for your life 8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness
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Literally, to change one’s mind The Greek and Hebrew words that are translated as repent can either mean a simple change of mind or a realization of sin with the accompanying resolve to reform In some Bible translations, we find God repenting In the original language, it simply means that God changed His mind Technically, repentance is the change of mind and penance is the change of deeds For example, realizing that you were wrong to steal something is repentance, while returning the stolen goods is penance
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feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about turn away from sin or do penitence
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To turn away from and not to return to it again Such as in sin (we repent of our sins)
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feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
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To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do
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To change ones mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction
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a (L repens, crawling) said of a stem that is prostrate and rooting at the nodes
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To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction
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To cause to have sorrow or regret; used impersonally
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To feel regret or sorrow; used reflexively
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turn away from sin or do penitence
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To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin
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If you repent, you show or say that you are sorry for something wrong you have done. Those who refuse to repent, he said, will be punished Did he repent of anything in his life?. to be sorry for something and wish you had not done it - used especially when considering your actions in a religious way repent of (repentir, from pentir )
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Same as Reptant
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regret one's past actions, rue past events, feel sorrow about past occurrences fiil
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To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do
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