repent

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
2. (intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
3. (transitive) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
4. (transitive) To be sorry for, to regret.
5. (archaic, transitive) To cause to have sorrow or regret.
6. (obsolete, reflexive) To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.
7. (archaic, intransitive) To change one's mind.

Adj

Creeping along the ground.

Synonyms

regret

rue

be sorry

feel sorry

repent of

be penitent

change

confess

sorry

be sorry for

atone

feel remorse

penitent

remorseful

repent of wrong doing

eat humble pie

do penance

feel sorry for

be remorseful

apologize

reform

show repentance

grieve

lament

bewail

transform

turn back

turn round

worry

change mind

change of heart

correct oneself

foreswear

sorry for

turn away from

be regretful

purify the mind

be stung with remorse

have a feeling of remorse

be contrite

be cured of

be penitent for

repent and reform

feel regret

feel regretful

stop

🛑

change my mind

abandon

begrudge

behavior

Translations

bereuen

pentirsi

arrepentirse

se repentir

regretter

repentir

berouwen

bedauern

μετανιώνω

berouw hebben

tot inkeer komen

arrepender-se

penedir-se

sentir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈpɛnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: repenten

Cognate with French: repentir

In summary

From Middle English repenten, from Old French repentir, from Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre. Compare Modern French repentir.