repent
verb (used without object)
to feel sorry, self-reproachful, or contrite for past conduct; regret or be conscience-stricken about a past action, attitude, etc. (often followed byof ).
repents
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present tense formof repent (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It can't both be true that the accusations are false and also that Hegseth repents of his behavior, as multiple journalists have pointed out.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2025
The assumption is that Brady surely repents of the decision to return and that he is “a shell of himself,” as commentator Rex Ryan hazarded, and indeed he seems thin to the point of sickness.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022
Welby, spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, called for a "global financial architecture which repents of its past sins", including changes in tax rules to promote green activity.
From Reuters ● Oct. 4, 2021
In the World War II drama about an army medic who also happened to be a Seventh Day Adventist and pacifist, a man’s faith is tested, he’s nearly destroyed, he repents, he’s exonerated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2016
The only soul about which I care is that which immediately presents itself in its acts, which thinks, wills, remembers, believes, loves, repents, and hopes.”—Maher, op. cit., p.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
