repent.
To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
Meaning & usage
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.
To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
To be sorry for, to regret.
I repent my sins.
To cause to have sorrow or regret.
To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.
To change one's mind.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English repenten, from Old French repentir, from Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre. Compare Modern French repentir.
Creeping along the ground.
Where this word comes from
From Latin rēpēns, present participle of rēpō (“to creep”).
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