repentance

Noun
Synonyms: penitencepenance

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. remorse for your past conductSynonyms: penitencepenance
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Repentance \Re*pent"ance\ (r[-e]*p[e^]nt"ans), n. [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. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. --2. Cor. vii. 20. [1913 Webster]

Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Contrition; regret; penitence; contriteness; compunction. See Contrition. [1913 Webster]

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

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