repent

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English repenten, from Old French repentir, from Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre. Compare Modern French repentir. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt ==== Verb ==== repent (third-person singular simple present repents, present participle repenting, simple past and past participle repented) (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". (theology, intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love. (transitive) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. (transitive) To be sorry for, to regret. (archaic, transitive) To cause to have sorrow or regret. (obsolete, reflexive) To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret. c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.: 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: […] (archaic, intransitive) To change one's mind. ===== Synonyms ===== afterthink regret rue ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin rēpēns, present participle of rēpō (“to creep”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɹiːpənt/ ==== Adjective ==== repent (chiefly botany) Creeping along the ground. ===== Synonyms ===== reptant === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “repent”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “repent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Verb === repent third-person singular present indicative of repentir == Latin == === Verb === rēpent third-person plural future active indicative of rēpō == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin repens. === Adjective === repent m or n (feminine singular repentă, masculine plural repenți, feminine/neuter plural repente) creeping (about plants) ==== Declension ====