Found 3 items, similar to repent.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: repent menyesali
English → English (WordNet) Definition: repent repent v 1: turn away from sin or do penitence [syn: atone] 2: feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about [syn: regret, rue]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Repent Repent \Re"pent\ (r?"p?nt), a. [L. repens, -entis, creeping, p. pr. of repere to creep.] 1. (Bot.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems. --Gray. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Reptant. [1913 Webster] Repent \Re*pent"\ (r?-p?nt"), 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] Repent \Re*pent"\, 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]