Crossword clues for repented
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.
First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents.
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To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.
Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt.
--Ex. xiii. 17. -
(Theol.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin.
Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish.
--Luke xii. 3.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: repent)
Usage examples of "repented".
I confess that I have not yet repented on his account, for Capitani thought he had duped me in accepting it as security for the amount he gave me, and the count, his father, valued it until his death as more precious than the finest diamond in the world.
I bitterly repented of having outraged her modesty, for I now esteemed and respected her, but yet I could not make up my mind to repair the wrong I had done her.
On our side, consider that, if you had not yourself thrown temptation in my way, I never would have committed towards you an action of which I have deeply repented, for reasons which you do not know, but which you must learn from me.
When we returned to my chamber upstairs, thinking that she had repented of her previous behaviour, and feeling some desire to possess her, I thought I would kiss her, and I took hold of her hand, saying I was disposed to give her every satisfaction, but she quickly slapped my face in so violent a manner that, in my indignation, I was very near returning the compliment.
I felt that, if I had fallen in love with her, I would have become a Mussulman in order to possess her, and that I might soon have repented such a step, for the religion of Mahomet presented to my eyes and to my mind nothing but a disagreeable picture, as well for this life as for a future one.
I had already repented having given it up, and I was beginning to feel that I had been in the wrong.
She quickly set to work with powder and powder-puff in hand, but her smock was short and loose at the top, and I repented, rather too late, that I had not given her time to dress.
I thought she had repented, and that I should be victorious when I attacked her again.
I feel that I and my plan were very silly, and I hope you will forgive me, since I have repented and have had my punishment.
Campioni thought it was absurd, and he was right, for I repented afterwards of what I had done.
Five or six years ago I had a letter from him dated Dresden, in which he said that though he was old, and had married a rich wife, he repented of having married at all.
I was already madly in love with her, and I repented not having taken possession of her on the first day of our journey.
She looked so sweetly pretty that I repented having outraged her so scandalously.
Poor Betty repented directly you shewed her the path she was treading, and the tears she is shedding now are tears of sorrow at her mistake.
If my miracles had been done in Tyre or Sidon, they would have repented long ago.