repent

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Repented; p. pr. & vb. n. Repenting. ] [ F. se repentir; L. pref. re- re- + poenitere to make repent, poenitet me it repents me, I repent. See Penitent. ] 1. To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do. [ 1913 Webster ]

First she relents
With pity; of that pity then repents. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt. Ex. xiii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Theol.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish. Luke xii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

I do repent it from my very soul. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively. [ 1913 Webster ]

My father has repented him ere now. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally. [ Archaic ] “And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth.” Gen. vi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. repentance. ] The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from the conviction that it has offended God. Sorrow, fear, and anxiety are properly not parts, but adjuncts, of repentance; yet they are too closely connected with it to be easily separated. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Contrition; regret; penitence; contriteness; compunction. See Contrition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. repentant. ] 1. Penitent; sorry for sin. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood. Millton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes. “Repentant sighs and voluntary pains.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a repentant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who repents. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With repentance; penitently. [ 1913 Webster ]