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- [ri-pent]
- /rɪˈpɛnt/
- /rɪˈpent/
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- [ri-pent]
- /rɪˈpɛnt/
Definitions of repent word
- verb without object repent to feel sorry, self-reproachful, or contrite for past conduct; regret or be conscience-stricken about a past action, attitude, etc. (often followed by of): He repented after his thoughtless act. 1
- verb without object repent to feel such sorrow for sin or fault as to be disposed to change one's life for the better; be penitent. 1
- verb with object repent to remember or regard with self-reproach or contrition: to repent one's injustice to another. 1
- verb with object repent to feel sorry for; regret: to repent an imprudent act. 1
- adjective repent creeping. 1
- intransitive verb repent feel contrition 1
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Origin of repent
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English repenten < Old French repentir, equivalent to re- re- + pentir to feel sorrow (< Latin paenitēre to regret, be sorry); see penitent
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Parts of speech for Repent
noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
repent popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
repent usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for repent
verb repent
- bewail — If you bewail something, you express great sorrow about it.
- deplore — If you say that you deplore something, you think it is very wrong or immoral.
- eat one's heart out — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- kick oneself — regret sth
- look back — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
adj repent
- hard as nails — tough, durable
- hard-hearted — unfeeling; unmerciful; pitiless.
- hardened — made or become hard or harder.
- in-humane — not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- inhumane — not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
adjective repent
- casehardened — Simple past tense and past participle of caseharden.
- coldhearted — lacking sympathy; unfeeling
- hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- indurated — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- inured — to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to): inured to cold.
Antonyms for repent
adjective repent
- feeling — a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching: the soft feel of cotton.
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