Definition of Repent

  • (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.

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