Repent word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "repent" word
[verb] turn away from sin or do penitence
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\Re*pent"\ (r?-p?nt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Repented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Repenting}.] [F. se repentir; L. pref. re- re- + poenitere to make repent, poenitet me it repents me, I repent. See {Penitent}.] 1. 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. 2. 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. 17. 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. 3.
\Re*pent"\, v. t. 1. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. I do repent it from my very soul. --Shak. 2. To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively. My father has repented him ere now. --Dryden. 3. 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.
Synonyms for repent
atone, regret, rue
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Let's analyse "repent" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TNEPER. Average typing speed for these characters is 1590 milliseconds. [info]
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repent: 5 + 5 = 10, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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