Repent

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: re=pent

CIDE DICTIONARY

Repent, a. [L. repens, -entis, creeping, p. pr. of repere to creep.].

•  Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.  Gray.  [1913 Webster]
•  Same as Reptant.  [1913 Webster]

Repent, v. i. [F. se repentir; L. pref. re- re- + poenitere to make repent, poenitet me it repents me, I repent. See Penitent.].

•  To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.  [1913 Webster]

  "First she relents
  With pity; of that pity then repents."  [1913 Webster]
•  To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.  [1913 Webster]

  "Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt."  [1913 Webster]
•  To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin.  [1913 Webster]

  "Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish."  [1913 Webster]

Repent, v. t. 

•  To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.  [1913 Webster]

  "I do repent it from my very soul."  [1913 Webster]
•  To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.  [1913 Webster]

  "My father has repented him ere now."  [1913 Webster]
•  To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.  Gen. vi. 6.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Repent, v.
1 intr. (often foll. by of) feel deep sorrow about one's actions etc.
2 tr. (also absol.) wish one had not done, regret (one's wrong, omission, etc.); resolve not to continue (a wrongdoing etc.).
3 refl. (often foll. by of) archaic feel regret or penitence about (now I repent me).

Derivative

repentance n. repentant adj. repenter n.

Repent, adj. Bot. creeping, esp. growing along the ground or just under the surface.

Etymology

L repere creep

ROGET THESAURUS

Repent

Regret

VB regret, deplore, bewail, repine, cast a longing lingering look behind, rue, rue the day, repent, infandum renovare dolorem, prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, have a weight on the mind, leave an aching void.

Penitence

VB repent, be sorry for, be penitent, rue, regret, think better of, recant, knock under, plead guilty, sing miserere, sing de profundis, cry peccavi, own oneself in the wrong, acknowledge, confess, (disclose), humble oneself, beg pardon, turn over a new leaf, put on the new man, turn from sin, reclaim, repent in sackcloth and ashes, (do penance), learn by experience.