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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repent.

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Examples

  • If the evil from which a person repents is not gotten rid of, then “there has been no cure.”

    Repent! « So Many Books 2004

  • Because God is the Father of all souls, when any one ceases to do evil and begins to do well, or in other words repents, he finds a welcome and help waiting for him.

    The Ascent of the Soul Amory H. Bradford

  • Watkins' love of confrontational cinema leads him to stage the film's climax, the performance where Steve unveils his new religious faith and "repents" for his crimes, as a Wagnerian combination of the Olympic ceremonies, a rock concert, a Nazi rally, and an overblown religious celebration, in an era before megachurches even existed.

    At Bagatellen: Peter Watkins' Privilege Ed Howard 2008

  • Watkins' love of confrontational cinema leads him to stage the film's climax, the performance where Steve unveils his new religious faith and "repents" for his crimes, as a Wagnerian combination of the Olympic ceremonies, a rock concert, a Nazi rally, and an overblown religious celebration, in an era before megachurches even existed.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Ed Howard 2008

  • I predict David will go early unless he "repents" and is good next week.

    Can't Stop. Won't Stop. 2006

  • I predict David will go early unless he "repents" and is good next week.

    Archive 2006-02-01 2006

  • It is the soul that repents which is ennobled by repentance.

    Miss Ludington's Sister Edward Bellamy 1874

  • The wickedness of mankind becomes so great that God 'repents' of His creation and decides to destroy it all through a flood.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Kirkules 2010

  • To me ... someone who "repents" but then continues unhindered in that sinful behavior ... really hasn't "repented" at all.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Iceman7 2010

  • To top it all off, he "repents" of America's evils that apparently are the source of all bad things in the universe, complete with "mea culpas" all around, on the house, he's buying.

    PoliticalDerby.com 2009

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