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    repentant
    /rɪˈpɛnt(ə)nt/

    adjective

    • 1. expressing or feeling sincere regret and remorse; remorseful: "he is truly repentant for his incredible naivety and stupidity"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishREPENTANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    feeling sorry for something that you have done. Synonym. penitent formal. Opposites. impenitent formal. unrepentant. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sadness and regret. aw. be/weigh on your conscience idiom. bitter. black dog. breastbeating. cry. doom and gloom. feel bad idiom. gloominess. glumness. groan. guilt. melancholia.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › repentantRepentant Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : experiencing repentance : penitent. 2. : expressive of repentance. repentantly adverb. Synonyms. apologetic. compunctious. contrite. penitent. regretful. remorseful. rueful. sorry. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of repentant in a Sentence. repentant sinners.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › repentantRepentant - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    When people are repentant, they’re feeling or showing remorse. They're sorry and ashamed of something. If you take the last cookie and then lie about it, you’re probably going to feel repentant later, if you have a heart.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › repentantREPENTANT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Repentant definition: repenting; penitent; experiencing repentance. . See examples of REPENTANT used in a sentence.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryREPENTANT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    adjective. formal us / rɪˈpen.t ə nt / uk / rɪˈpen.t ə nt / Add to word list. feeling sorry for something that you have done. Synonym. penitent formal. Opposites. impenitent formal. unrepentant. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sadness and regret. aw. be/weigh on your conscience idiom. bitter. black dog. breastbeating. cry.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › repentantRepentant - definition of repentant by The Free Dictionary

    1. Feeling or expressing regret for one's sins or misdeeds: compunctious, contrite, penitent, penitential, regretful, remorseful, sorry. 2. Expressing or inclined to express an apology: apologetic, contrite, penitent, regretful, sorry.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishREPENTANT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Someone who is repentant shows or says that they are sorry for something wrong they have done. He was feeling guilty and depressed, repentant and scared. ...a repentant criminal.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionrepentant adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    repentant. adjective. /rɪˈpentənt/. /rɪˈpentənt/. (formal) feeling or showing that you are sorry for something wrong that you have done synonym contrite, remorseful. She was not in the least repentant. His words left us all feeling suitably repentant. She wanted to show how deeply repentant she was.

  10. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryrepentant | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

    (Definition of repentant from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › repentantrepentant | meaning of repentant in Longman Dictionary of...

    repentant meaning, definition, what is repentant: sorry for something wrong that you have ...: Learn more.