repentance
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6.6
- noun
- /rɪˈpɛntəns/
:
arrepentimiento
- She felt deep repentance for her past mistakes and vowed to change her behavior.
- repentance and forgiveness
- sin and repentance
- repentance and reformation
They are on confession, repentance and conversion to God.
- They are on confession, repentance and conversion to God.
- These words are steps towards repentance and redemption.
- And then suddenly they feel a sense of guilt or remorse or repentance, Metanoia, right?
- He's good and the Bible says his goodness leads people to repentance or repentance means to change your thinking.
- The very act of repentance, of expressing regret, will set you free.
- And I see that God honors them, that they come with a heart of true repentance.
- And yeah, you know, I mean, other guys committed terrible things, too, and they had true repentance.
- Like how much of it is true confession and repentance and you know, the Holy Spirit just delivering you from that.
Examples
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The very act of repentance, of expressing regret, will set you free.
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So, tell us what you've done to show repentance?
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Looks like she needs to learn about repentance, Pa.
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You had a moment of repentance.
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These words are steps towards repentance and redemption.
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I say now to you wives and sisters and mothers of these men, pray for their repentance.
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If her past has any lesson, it is one of repentance and thorough reformation.
Academic text (2008) -
One candidate for repentance is the Church's role in Black slavery in the United States.
Academic text (2004) -
The essential part of penance is a firm and true repentance, motivated by faith and the love of God.
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The prophets insist on justice for the oppressed and, at the very least, repentance from evildoers for their crimes.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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1.0
A statement saying sorry for hurting or upsetting someone
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4.5
A deep, painful feeling of regret and guilt after doing something wrong
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7.4
A feeling of deep regret and an action to show you are sorry
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8.4
A deep feeling of regret and sorrow for something you did wrong
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7.9
A feeling of being sorry for something you did wrong
A deep feeling of regret and sorrow for doing something wrong
Antonyms
How Remorseful
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Morphology
Etymology
Repentance comes from the Latin verb paenitere, which means 'to be sorry' and also gave English words like penance and penitent. So repentance is about deep regret and the wish to change your behaviour, not just saying sorry.