to repent
- verb
- /rɪˈpɛnt/
- And and so I want to repent for hurting my family and hurting my friends.
- repent of sins
- repent of actions
- fail to repent
Turn from your wicked, turn from your wicked ways, repent, be baptized.
- Turn from your wicked, turn from your wicked ways, repent, be baptized.
- You know, through just I was repenting, I was confessing sin.
- The right response to this is to repent, to change.
- OK, I'm going to, I'm going to repent of my inadequacy.
- The the Kingdom of God is near repent and believe the good news.
- So we say repent and believe in Jesus.
- Cry out from your heart and say, Lord, please, Lord, I repent of my sins.
- I need to like continuously live this cycle of sin, repent, happy, sad.
- And and so I want to repent for hurting my family and hurting my friends.
- And he said, no, if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent, they'll change their mind.
- So all you got to do is just say after me, Father God, I repent of my sins.
- He tells us about a woman that lived the life in prostitution, but that repented to God when she was thirsty one day.
- So I said all you have to do is recant what you said and repent.
- But I, I think we really need to find this place of realizing that, you know what, we can repent and we should repent saying, you know what, we're not perfect.
Examples
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So all you got to do is just say after me, Father God, I repent of my sins.
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But Peter, remember who God was, repented and restored the relationship.
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The right response to this is to repent, to change.
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So we say repent and believe in Jesus.
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These are souls who managed to repent at the last minute.
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Cry out from your heart and say, Lord, please, Lord, I repent of my sins.
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We are here not to repent but to make a pledge.
Academic text (1994) -
And they repented and looked after Tiny Tim.
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Therefore, I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.
Academic text (1993) -
After realizing the harm he caused, he decided to repent for his mistakes and make amends.
Synonyms
To say sorry to someone when you feel you did something wrong
To say sorry for something you did that hurt or upset someone
Feel sorry about a past action, a loss, or a missed chance
To feel sorry about something you did or missed
Antonyms
How Remorseful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Repent comes from Latin parts re- meaning 'again' and paenitere meaning 'to be sorry', and it is related to the English word penance which shows being sorry by doing something to make up for a wrong. So, to repent is to feel deep regret and often to try to make things right.