repent

verb

1. (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".

   “Marry in haste, repent at leisure.”

   “And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.”

   “If Aljunied decides to go that way (to vote for Workers' Party), well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.”

2. (intransitive)To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.

   “... Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.”

   “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.”

   “I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”

   “Mad Prophet: Repent! Repent and restore your souls to glory before it is too late! This great station has fallen, and all within shall fall with it!”

   “The Court shall, after sentencing an offender for any offence under section 221, 222, 223 or 224 and before execution of the punishment, order the offender to repent.”

3. (transitive)To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.

   “If Aljunied decides to go that way (to vote for the Workers' Party), well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.”

4. (transitive)To be sorry for, to regret.

   “I repent my sins.”

   “And what I ſaid in time of our buſines I repent not, And if it were to ſpeake againe, Euerie word ſhould be a whole ſermon, So much I repent me.”

5. (archaic, transitive)To cause to have sorrow or regret.

   “at that time she wolde nat, she seyde, for she was syke and myght nat ryde. "That me repentith," seyde the kynge[…].”

   “And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.”

6. (obsolete, reflexive)To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.

   “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: […]”

7. (archaic, intransitive)To change one's mind.

   “The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.”

adj

1. Creeping along the ground.

   “The pennated, repent and ferine entities of the boscage, are ousels, shellducks, […] and ursine quadrupeds.”