repent

Meaning

1. 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. To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
3. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
4. To be sorry for, to regret.
5. To cause to have sorrow or regret.
6. (obsolete) To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.
7. To change one's mind.

regret

rue

be sorry

feel sorry

repent of

be penitent

be sorry for

feel remorse

repent of wrong doing

do penance

be remorseful

show repentance

change mind

correct oneself

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

change my mind

be sorry about

change one’s mind

stop doing

think a pity

think back

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈpɛnt/

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