Past tense of repent
regular verb
The past tense of repent is repented. The past participle is also repented.
Forms of repent
| Base form (V1) | repent /ɹɪˈpɛnt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | repented |
| Past participle (V3) | repented |
| Present participle | repenting |
| Third person singular | repents |
Repented in a sentence
- And sometimes plagues just miraculously disappeared after people realized their wrongdoings and repented.2020 February 24, “Family and Friends Treasure Falun Dafa Information in the Face of Novel Coronavirus Epidemic”, in Minghui. From the entry wrongdoing
- 'e gived 'em up, an' repented somethin' horrid — there still bein' the buns to come — but Miss Soapy she gave 'im what- for-proper, she did!1912, Edward Burke, Bachelor's Buttons: The Candid Confessions of a Shy Bachelor, page 133. From the entry give someone what for
Meaning of repent
- verb To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
- verb To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
- verb To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
Questions about the past tense of repent
- What is the past tense of repent?
- The past tense of repent is repented.
- What is the past participle of repent?
- The past participle of repent is repented.
- Is repent a regular or irregular verb?
- Repent is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: repent (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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