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re⋅pent

1  [ri-pent]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to feel sorry, self-reproachful, or contrite for past conduct; regret or be conscience-stricken about a past action, attitude, etc. (often fol. by of): He repented after his thoughtless act.
2. to feel such sorrow for sin or fault as to be disposed to change one's life for the better; be penitent.
–verb (used with object)
3. to remember or regard with self-reproach or contrition: to repent one's injustice to another.
4. to feel sorry for; regret: to repent an imprudent act.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME repenten < OF repentir, equiv. to re- re- + pentir to feel sorrow (< L paenitēre to regret, be sorry); see penitent

Related forms:
re⋅pent⋅er, noun
re⋅pent⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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re⋅pent

2  [ree-puhnt, ri-pent]
–adjective
creeping.
Origin:
1660–70; < L rēpent- (s. of rēpēns), prp. of rēpere to crawl, creep; see -ent
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re·pent 1   (rĭ-pěnt')   
v.   re·pent·ed, re·pent·ing, re·pents

v.   intr.

  1. To feel remorse, contrition, or self-reproach for what one has done or failed to do; be contrite.

  2. To feel such regret for past conduct as to change one's mind regarding it: repented of intemperate behavior.

  3. To make a change for the better as a result of remorse or contrition for one's sins.

v.   tr.

  1. To feel regret or self-reproach for: repent one's sins.

  2. To cause to feel remorse or regret.


[Middle English repenten, from Old French repentir : re-, re- + pentir, to be sorry (from Vulgar Latin *paenitīre, from Latin paenitēre).]
re·pent'er n.
re·pent 2   (rē'pənt)   
adj.   Biology
Creeping along the ground; prostrate.

[Latin rēpēns, rēpent-, present participle of rēpere, to creep.]
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Word Origin & History

repent 
c.1290, "to feel regret for sins or crimes," from O.Fr. repentir (11c.), from re-, intensive prefix, + V.L. *penitire "to regret," from L. poenitire "make sorry," from poena (see pain). The distinction between regret (q.v.) and repent is made in many modern languages, but the differentiation is not present in older periods. Repentance is recorded from c.1300, from O.Fr. repentance (12c.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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