repentance
English
Alternative forms
- repentaunce (archaic)
Etymology
First attested circa 14th century, from Old French repentance. More at repent.
Pronunciation
- enPR: [rĭ-pĕnʹtəns]
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Noun
repentance (countable and uncountable, plural repentances)
- The condition of being penitent.
- 1678, Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, second period
- God hath denied me repentance. His words gives me no encouragement to believe.
- 1678, Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, second period
- A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 6:
- And here, shipmates, is true and faithful repentance; not clamorous for pardon, but grateful for punishment.
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Synonyms
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Translations
condition of being penitent
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feeling of regret or remorse
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French
Etymology
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Further reading
- “repentance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
Old French
Etymology
From Latin.
Noun
repentance f (nominative singular repentance)
- repentance
- 12th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
- [Un] pecheor sanz repentance
- A sinner without repentance
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Descendants
- English:repentance
- French: repentance
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