Definizione monolingua

repent

repent (third-person singular simple present repents, present participle repenting, simple past and past participle repented)

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"".
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Jonah 3:10

     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.

2. (theology, intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Luke 13:3

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

3. (transitive) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
4. (transitive) To be sorry for, to regret.

   I repent my sins.

5. (archaic, transitive) To cause to have sorrow or regret.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:

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

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Genesis 6:6

     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.

Definizione dizionario repent

	pentirsi
	To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do.

pentirsi di

rincrescere

Altri significati:

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

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

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

(transitive) To be sorry for, to regret.

to feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow

to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do

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

(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".