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repents

  • present tense form of repent (3rd person singular).

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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

After Everyman repents of his sins, Good Deeds does gather her strength, and she calls on Beauty, Discretion, Strength, Knowledge, and Five Wits to join them.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 26, 2017

Our coy little betrothed repents her treatment of poor Raoul yesterday, eh?

From Saint Michael A Romance by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)