repent

verb · adjectiveA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

repents

V_ing/Gerund

repenting

V_ed/pp

repented

1.
(intransitive)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.
2.
(intransitive)(theology, intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
3.
(transitive)To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
4.
(transitive)To be sorry for, to regret.
I repent my sins.
5.
(archaic, transitive)To cause to have sorrow or regret.
6.
(obsolete, reflexive)To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.
But if that I knewe what his name hight, For clatering of me I would him ſone quight; For his falſe lying, of that I ſpake never, I could make him ſhortly repent him forever: […]
7.
(archaic, intransitive)To change one's mind.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(chiefly botany) Creeping along the ground.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

afterthinkregret rue reptant

Cùng gốc / liên quan

repentable repenterrepentlessunrepented repentingly unrepentingmarry in haste, repent at leisurepenance penitence penitent penitentiary repentance repentant unrepentable

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English repenten, from Old French repentir, from *repaenitīre, from paenitīre, from paenitēre. Compare Modern repentir.