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repentance

[ ri-pen-tns, -pen-tuhns ]

noun

  1. deep sorrow, compunction, or contrition for a past sin, wrongdoing, or the like.

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  2. regret for any past action.

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repentance

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noun

  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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of repentance1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English repentaunce, from Old French repentance; equivalent to repent 1 + -ance
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In theory, however, there is supposed to be repentance before redemption.

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Smyth introduced the notion to Mr Morse that he was "sinning" and needed to "mark those sense in a form of repentance that really would mean something to the Lord".

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In the meantime, this aggressively revisionist supermarket, as indicated in Butler’s novel, has become part pharmacy, part a site of repentance for past consumption.

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This 10-day stretch ends with Yom Kippur, a day of fasting, repentance and commemoration of the dead.

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Eventually, Mary comes clean, and a bevy of local teens show up in court with their various stolen diner items in an act of mass repentance.

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