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 ).
repentingly
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a word derived from
repent.
Example Sentences
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Who has not heard some one say, repentingly, “If I had taken a second, sober thought I would not have done it.”
From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, May, 1880 by Aaron Walker
I did not know why this was so, myself, so I only shook my head and sighed, repentingly.
From The Hermit Of ——— Street 1898 by Anna Katharine Green
