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# repent

«repent» in Mova's school dictionary: **to feel truly sorry for something wrong you have done and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (repent, repents, repented, repenting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To repent is to feel truly sorry for something wrong you have done and to want to change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repent/#m1)

2) (church, Bible) To turn away from sin and turn back to God: in the Gospels John the Baptist and Jesus called people to repent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repent/#m2)

3) (formal) To regret a choice: «He repented of his decision». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repent/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education, repentance is a key idea in Christianity, Judaism and Islam: saying sorry to God and to the person hurt, and changing. In stories, a villain may repent at the end. Phrases: «repent of your sins», «repent and be forgiven», «repent at leisure» (from «marry in haste, repent at leisure»).

### examples

- The thief repented and gave the money back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repent/#x1)
- John the Baptist told the people to repent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repent/#x2)
- She repented of the mean things she had said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repent/#x3)
- Christians believe God forgives those who truly repent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repent/#x4)
- The giant repented and became the village's friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repent/#x5)
- Marry in haste, repent at leisure, says the old proverb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repent/#x6)
- He did not repent until he saw how sad his friend was. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repent/#x7)
- Act in haste and repent at leisure--and often in pain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repent/#x8)

### note

Regular verb, past «repented». Noun: repentance; adjective: repentant (opposite: unrepentant). Often «repent of» something. Repenting is more than saying sorry: it means wanting to change.

### In the corpora

- [Christians believe that God forgives people who truly repent, even after great wrongs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/15/)
- [Jonah preached, the whole city of Nineveh repented, and God spared it; Jonah was angry about this.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/13/)
- [And it repented the LORD that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.154/)
- [Turn from Thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against Thy people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.957/)
- [And the LORD repented of the evil which He said He would do unto His people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.959/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «repent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.