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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English repenten, from Old French repentir, from Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre. Compare Modern French repentir.
Pronunciation
Verb
repent (third-person singular simple present repents, present participle repenting, simple past and past participle repented)
- (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".
- Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Luke 17:1–4:Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
- (theology, intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Mark 1:14–15:... Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Acts 2:38–40:Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: Omega (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Gozu District:Mad Prophet: Repent! Repent and restore your souls to glory before it is too late! This great station has fallen, and all within shall fall with it!
2013, Hassanal Bolkiah, “Syariah Penal Code Order, 2013”, in Brunei Darussalem Government Gazette, page 1759:The Court shall, after sentencing an offender for any offence under section 221, 222, 223 or 224 and before execution of the punishment, order the offender to repent.
- (transitive) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
- (transitive) To be sorry for, to regret.
I repent my sins.
- (archaic, transitive) To cause to have sorrow or regret.
1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, by
William Caxton], published
31 July 1485,
→OCLC; republished as H
Oskar Sommer, editor,
Le Morte Darthur , London:
David Nutt,
,
1889,
→OCLC:
at that time she wolde nat, she seyde, for she was syke and myght nat ryde. "That me repentith," seyde the kynge […].- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (obsolete, reflexive) To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
- But if that I knewe what his name hight,
For clatering of me I would him ſone quight;
For his falſe lying, of that I ſpake never,
I could make him ſhortly repent him forever:
- (archaic, intransitive) To change one's mind.
Synonyms
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Translations
to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do
- Albanian: pendohem (sq)
- American Sign Language: A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert
- Arabic: تَابَ (tāba)
- Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܬܘܐ (toa)
- Armenian: զղջալ (hy) (zġǰal)
- Bulgarian: съжалявам (bg) (sǎžaljavam)
- Catalan: penedir-se (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 悔悟 (zh) (huǐwù), 悔改 (zh) (huǐgǎi), 後悔/后悔 (zh) (hòuhuǐ)
- Chuukese: aier
- Czech: kát se impf
- Dutch: berouwen (nl), berouw hebben
- Esperanto: penti
- Finnish: katua (fi)
- French: se repentir (fr)
- Galician: arrepentir
- German: bereuen (de)
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌽 (idreigōn)
- Greek: μετανοώ (el) (metanoó), μετανιώνω (el) (metanióno)
- Ancient: μετανοέω (metanoéō)
- Italian: pentirsi (it)
- Japanese: 悔い改める (くいあらためる, kuiaratameru)
- Korean: 뉘우치다 (ko) (nwiuchida)
- Malay: insaf
- Maori: rīpenetā
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: angre (no)
- Nynorsk: angre
- Old English: hrēowan
- Portuguese: arrepender-se
- Russian: сожале́ть (ru) impf (sožalétʹ), сокруша́ться (ru) impf (sokrušátʹsja), ка́яться (ru) impf (kájatʹsja), пока́яться (ru) pf (pokájatʹsja), раска́иваться (ru) impf (raskáivatʹsja), раска́яться (ru) pf (raskájatʹsja)
- Serbo-Croatian: кајати се, покајати се, kajati se (sh), pokajati se (sh)
- Spanish: arrepentirse (es)
- Swedish: ångra (sv)
- Turkish: pişman olmak (tr)
- Ukrainian: шкодува́ти (škoduváty), ка́ятися (kájatysja)
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theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness
to feel pain on account of, to remember with sorrow
to feel sorry for, to regret
to cause to have sorrow or regret
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Etymology 2
From Latin rēpēns, present participle of rēpō (“I creep”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
repent
- (chiefly botany) Creeping along the ground.
Synonyms
References
- “repent”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “repent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Verb
repent
- third-person singular present indicative of repentir
Latin
Verb
rēpent
- third-person plural future active indicative of rēpō
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin repens.
Adjective
repent m or n (feminine singular repentă, masculine plural repenți, feminine and neuter plural repente)
- creeping (about plants)
Declension