repentance

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Alternative forms

repentaunce (archaic)

Etymology

First attested circa 14th century, from Old French repentance. More at repent.

Pronunciation

enPR: rĭ-pĕnʹtəns, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpɛntəns/
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Hyphenation: re‧pen‧tance

Noun

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repentance (countable and uncountable, plural repentances)

The condition of being penitent.
- 1678, Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, second period
  God hath denied me repentance. His words gives me no encouragement to believe.
A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 6:
  And here, shipmates, is true and faithful repentance; not clamorous for pardon, but grateful for punishment.

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condition of being penitent

Arabic: تَوْبَة f (tawba)
Bulgarian: разка́яние (bg) n (razkájanie)
Catalan: penediment (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: pokání n
Dutch: berouw (nl)
Finnish: katumus (fi)
French: repentance (fr) f
Old French: repentance f
Galician: arrepentimento (gl) m, arrependimento (gl) m
German: Reue (de) f
Gothic: 𐌹𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰 f (idreiga)
Greek: μεταμέλεια (el) f (metaméleia), μετάνοια (el) f (metánoia)
Ancient: μετάνοια f (metánoia)
Ido: repento (io)
Irish: aithrí f
Italian: pentimento (it) m
Japanese: 懺悔 (ja) (ざんげ, zange); (Buddhism) 懺悔 (ja) (さんげ, sange)
Maori: rīpenetātanga
Persian: پشیمانی (fa) (pašimâni)
Portuguese: arrependimento (pt) m
Russian: покая́ние (ru) n (pokajánije)
Spanish: arrepentimiento (es) m
Swahili: kitubio (sw)
Tocharian B: onmiṃ
Turkish: tövbe (tr)

feeling of regret or remorse

Arabic: تَوْبَة f (tawba)
Armenian: զղջում (hy) (zġǰum), ափսոսանք (hy) (apʻsosankʻ)
Azerbaijani: tövbə (az)
Belarusian: ка́янне n (kájannje)
Bulgarian: разка́яние (bg) n (razkájanie), покая́ние (bg) n (pokajánie)
Catalan: penediment (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 悔改 (zh) (huǐgǎi), 悔恨 (zh) (huǐhèn), 悔悟 (zh) (huǐwù), 後悔／后悔 (zh) (hòuhuǐ)
Czech: lítost (cs) f, pokání n
Dutch: penitentie (nl) f
Finnish: tunnontuska (fi), tunnonvaiva
French: repentir (fr) m
Galician: arrepentimento (gl) m
German: Reue (de) f
Greek: μεταμέλεια (el) f (metaméleia)
Hungarian: bűnbánat (hu), bűntudat (hu), megbánás (hu), lelkifurdalás (hu), lelkiismeret-furdalás (hu)
Ido: repento (io)
Irish: aithrí m
Italian: pentimento (it) m, rimorso (it) m
Japanese: 懺悔 (ja) (ざんげ, zange); (Buddhism) 懺悔 (ja) (さんげ, sange), 悔悟 (ja) (かいご, kaigo), 後悔 (ja) (こうかい, kōkai)
Kazakh: өкіну (ökınu)
Korean: 회개(悔改) (hoegae), 후회(後悔) (ko) (huhoe), 회오(悔悟) (hoe'o)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: تۆبە (tobe)
Macedonian: покајание n (pokajanie)
Malay: taubat (ms)
Maori: rīpenetātanga
Ottoman Turkish: اوگنج (evgenc)
Pashto: توبه (ps) f (tobá)
Persian: پشیمانی (fa) (pašimâni), توبه (fa) (towbe)
Polish: skrucha (pl) f
Portuguese: arrependimento (pt)
Russian: раска́яние (ru) n (raskájanije), покая́ние (ru) n (pokajánije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: покаја́ње n

Roman: pokajánje (sh) n
Slovak: ľútosť f, pokánie n, kajúcnosť f
Slovene: obžalovanje n, kes (sl) m, kesanje n
Spanish: arrepentimiento (es) m
Swedish: ånger (sv) c, ruelse (sv) c
Tajik: тавба (tavba), пушаймонӣ (pušaymonī)
Turkish: tövbe (tr)
Ukrainian: каяття́ (uk) n (kajattjá), покая́ння n (pokajánnja), ка́яння n (kájannja), розка́яння n (rozkájannja)
Uzbek: tavba (uz)
Vietnamese: ăn năn (vi)

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