repentance
NounUS[rih-pen-tuhns]/rɪˈpɛntəns/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- remorse for your past conductSynonyms: penitencepenanceType of compunction, remorse
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Re·pent′ance (rē-pĕnt′ans), noun
Origin: F. repentance.
The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin. Geoffrey Chaucer
Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation.— 2. Cor. vii. 20.
Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God.— Henry Hammond
Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from the conviction that it has offended God. Sorrow, fear, and anxiety are properly not parts, but adjuncts, of repentance; yet they are too closely connected with it to be easily separated.— Rambler, The
Synonyms: Contrition; regret; penitence; contriteness; compunction. See Contrition.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
The Devil's Dictionary
REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.
Desirous to avoid the pains of Hell, You will repent and join the Church, Parnell? How needless! -- Nick will keep you off the coals And add you to the woes of other souls. Jomater Abemy