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verbturn away from sin or do penitence
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verbfeel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite abouttype of:
Definition that contains repent
- sinner a person who sins (without repenting)
- penance a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
- penitent (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
- evildoer a person who sins (without repenting)
- sackcloth and ashes a display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief
- unregenerate unrepentant and incapable of being reformed
- unreformable unrepentant and incapable of being reformed
- impenitence the trait of refusing to repent
- impenitency the trait of refusing to repent
- ash wednesday the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance