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- Dictionaryrepentant/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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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.
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.
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.
Repentant definition: repenting; penitent; experiencing repentance. . See examples of REPENTANT used in a sentence.
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.
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:
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. opposite unrepentant. Want to learn more?
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repentant meaning: feeling sorry about something bad that you have done. Learn more.
Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing. Wiktionary. Synonyms: penitent. rueful. remorseful. sorry. regretful. contrite. apologetic. penitential. compunctious. Antonyms: unrepentant. impenitent. noun. One who repents; a penitent. Wiktionary. Advertisement. Other Word Forms of Repentant.
