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 ).
has repented
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present perfectof repent (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He added during his sentencing that he has "repented and asked God for forgiveness".
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2022
Officially, Patricia is daughter of the game warden, a great, burly white hunter who has repented and now lives only to prevent other hunters from harming his animals.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has repented truly and deeply of all his boyish mistakes, and those who love him should utterly and for ever wipe out the record of his past.
From Doctor Luttrell's First Patient by Rosa Nouchette Carey
“She will consider it a duty, perhaps,” I thought; “and that she does it to save him, now that he has repented and become a better man.”
From The Story of Antony Grace by George Manville Fenn
You see before you a banished man who has justly incurred his sovereign's displeasure, and has repented day and night.
From A Pessimist In Theory and Practice by Frederic Mayer Bird
