Repent

a.	1.	(Bot.) Prostrate and rooting; - said of stems.
	2.	(Zool.) Same as Reptant.
v. i.	1.	To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do. [imp. & p. p. Repented; p. pr. & vb. n. Repenting.] First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents. - Dryden.
	2.	To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction. Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt. - Ex. xiii. 17.
	3.	(Theol.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin. Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish. - Luke xii. 3.
v. t.	1.	To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. I do repent it from my very soul. - Shak.
	2.	To feel regret or sorrow; - used reflexively. My father has repented him ere now. - Dryden.
	3.	To cause to have sorrow or regret; - used impersonally.

Verb	1.	repent - turn away from sin or do penitence Synonyms: atone
	2.	repent - feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about Synonyms: regret, rue

atone

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