Word Meaning

repent definition and meaning

a. Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.
a. Same as Reptant.
v. i. To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.
v. i. To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.
v. i. To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin.
v. t. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
v. t. To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.
v. t. To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.

Crossword clues for repent

- Be sorry for
- Confess sins
- Feel contrition
- Feel remorse
- Feel remorse for
- Feel sorry for
- Make amends
- Mend one’s ways