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   repent

   /rɪˈpɛnt/

   verb

   • 1. feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin: "the Padre urged his listeners to repent"
   • ▪ view or think of (an action or omission) with deep regret or remorse: "Marian came to repent her hasty judgement"
   • ▪ feel regret or penitence about: "I repent me of all I did"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French repentir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + pentir (based on Latin paenitere ‘cause to repent’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. repenter noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

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