 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
repent
verb
1: turn away from sin or do penitence [syn: {atone}]
2: feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about [syn: {regret},
{rue}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Repent \Re"pent\ (r?"p?nt), adjective [L. repens, -entis, creeping, p.
pr. of repere to creep.]
1. (Bot.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems. --Gray.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Reptant}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Repent \Re*pent"\ (r?-p?nt"), verb (used without an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Repent \Re*pent"\, verb (used with an object)
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.
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