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re·pen·tance

(rĭ-pĕn′təns)

1. The act or process of repenting.

2. Remorse or contrition for past conduct or sin. See Synonyms at penitence.

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repentance

(rɪˈpɛntəns)

1. remorse or contrition for one's past actions or sins

2. an act or the process of being repentant; penitence

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re•pent•ance

(rɪˈpɛn tns, -ˈpɛn təns)

n.

deep sorrow, compunction, or contrition for a past sin, wrongdoing, or error.

[1300–50; Middle English repentaunce < Old French repentance. See repent ¹, -ance]

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Noun 1. [画像:repentance - remorse for your past conduct]repentance - remorse for your past conduct

penance, penitence

compunction, remorse, self-reproach - a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

repentance

noun regret, guilt, grief, sorrow, remorse, contrition, compunction, penitence, self-reproach, sackcloth and ashes, sorriness They showed no repentance during their trial.

Quotations
"Repentance is the virtue of weak minds" [John Dryden The Indian Emperor]
"Amendment is repentance" [Thomas Fuller Gnomologia]
"Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance" Bible: St. Luke

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repentance

noun

A feeling of regret for one's sins or misdeeds:

compunction, contriteness, contrition, penitence, penitency, remorse, remorsefulness, rue.

Theology: attrition.

Translations

تَوْبَه، نَدامَه، أسَف

pokánílítost

angerbod

katumus

megbánás

iîrun

repentance

[rɪˈpentəns] N → arrepentimiento m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

repentance

[rɪˈpɛnt^əns] n → repentir m

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repentance

n → Reue f

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repentance

[rɪˈpɛntəns] n (frm) → pentimento

repent

(rəˈpent) verb

1. (especially in religion) to be sorry for one's past sins. bekeer يَتوب разкайвам се arrepender-se kát se bereuen angre; gøre bod μετανοώ arrepentirse (pattu) kahetsema توبه کردن katua se repentir להתחרט पछताना pokajati se (meg)bánja bűneit menyesali iðrast pentirsi 後悔する 참회하다 atgailauti nožēlot taubat berouw hebben over angre żałować, okazywać skruchę توبه كول، پښيمانه كېدل، افسوس كول، ارمان كول arrepender-se a se căi (pentru) каяться kajať sa kesati se kajati se ångra [sig] สํานึกบาป tövbe etmek 懺悔 розкаюватися پشیمان ہونا ăn năn 忏悔

2. (with of) to wish that one had not done, made etc. He repented of his generosity. bekeer يَنْدَم، يَتَأسَّف على съжалявам arrepender-se litovat bereuen fortryde μετανιώνω arrepentirse kahetsema پشیمان بودن یا شدن katua se repentir לְהתחַרֵט विपर्सी žaliti megbán menyesali sjá eftir pentirsi くやむ 후회하다 gailėtis nožēlot menyesal spijt hebben van angre/trege på żałować پښيمانه كېدل arrepender-se a regreta, a se căi (pentru) сожалеть ľutovať obžalovati kajati se ångra สํานึกผิด pişman olmak 後悔 шкодувати نادم ہونا hối lỗi 后悔

reˈpentance noun

bekering تَوْبَه، نَدامَه، أسَف разкаяние arrependimento lítost; pokání die Reue anger; bod μετάνοια, μεταμέλεια arrepentimiento kahetsus توبه؛ ندامت katumus repentir חרטה पछतावा kajanje, žaljenje megbánás penyesalan iðrun pentimento 後悔 양심의 가책, 후회, 참회 atgaila nožēla penyesalan berouw anger żal, skrucha توبه، پښيماني arrependimento căinţă, regret раскаяние ľútosť; pokánie kesanje kajanje ånger การแสดงความเสียใจต่อสิ่งที่กระทําผิด pişmanlık 懺悔 покаяння; каяття ندامت sự ăn năn; sự hối lỗi 忏悔

reˈpentant adjective

(negative unrepentant). a repentant sinner. bekeerlik تائِب، نادِم покаян arrependido kající reuig angerfuld μετανοημένος arrepentido kahetsev پشیمان؛ توبه کار katuva repentant מִתחָרֵט पश्चातापी pokajnički, skrušen bűnbánó bertobat iðrandi pentito 後悔している 후회하고 있는 atgailaujantis nožēlas pilns; nožēlojošs sesal berouwvol angrende skruszony توبه ګار، پښيمانه arrependido penitent кающийся kajúci skesan pokajnički ångerfull, botfärdig สํานึกบาป tövbekâr; pişman 懺悔的 такий, що кається پشیمان cảm thấy ăn năn; tỏ ra hối lỗi 忏悔的

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And, accordingly, he invites them to act in accord with this opportune time (kairos): "Repent (metanoeite), and believe (pisteuete) in the Gospel." Jesus points to the presence of the Son of Man in their midst, making present God's Kingdom by his words and deeds.

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(3) Both are said to cry out metanoeite, the imperative plural of metanoein, which English translators since Tyndale have almost universally rendered with "repent." (4) When Erasmus published the first edition of his translation in 1516, the accepted Latin version was poenitentiam agite--literally "do penance"--understood for generations as one of the chief scriptural foundations for the sacrament of penance.

The uses of resipiscere in the Latin of Erasmus: in the Gospels and beyond

Thus different from the philosophical exhortation to "turn around" (metanoeite), or the prophetic demand for repentance, a clarion call is issued for beating the West and its secular forces everywhere with its own weapons.

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