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 ).
will repent
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future tenseof repent.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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"Throughout the rest of my life, I will repent on my immoral and illegal acts that constitute crimes," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2019
Louis XIV repented his policy of war for profit . . . and we will repent it on ours if we ever follow that policy.
From Time Magazine Archive
He hopes she will repent and weep for her heartlessness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Preacher Graham, though deploring the publicity about their meeting, acknowledged that he had first gone to work on Mickey in 1949, now has high hopes that Cohen will repent in earnest.
From Time Magazine Archive
She hopes he will repent, and that bitterly, in the bargain.
From Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel by May Leonard
