repentance
Syllables: re·pen·tance/ɹɪˈpɛntəns/
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New Zealand/ˈɹɛpəntəns/
repentance noun: the action of repenting, an instance of it, atonement.
Noun
repentance (countable and uncountable, plural repentances)
- The action of repenting, an instance of it, atonement.
- Christine Cooper: It's not wrong to sin. Christ came into this world for the sinners.
DCI Tom Barnaby: To call people to repentance, Mrs Cooper.1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders
- Christine Cooper: It's not wrong to sin. Christ came into this world for the sinners.
- The condition of being repentant, penitent, a state of feeling regret or remorse for having done wrong.
- God hath denied me repentance. His words gives me no encouragement to believe.1678, Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, second period
- And here, shipmates, is true and faithful repentance; not clamorous for pardon, but grateful for punishment.1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 6
repentance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
repentance in Hindi
- condition of being repentant, penitent, feeling remorse
- पछतावा pachtāvā, पश्चात्ताप paścāttāp
repentance in Tamil
- repentance, relenting
- பின்னிரக்கம் piṉṉirakkam
- repentance
- மனஸ்தாபம் maṉastāpam
repentance in Urdu
- repentance
- توبہ tauba
repentance in Bengali
- repentance
- তওবা toōba
More languagesFewer languages
- repentance in Telugu
- పశ్చాత్తాపపడటం
- repentance in Malayalam
- പശ്ചാത്താപം
- repentance in Kannada
- ಪಶ್ಚಾತ್ತಾಪ, ವಿಷಾದ, ಮರುಗುವುದು, ತಪ್ಪೆನಿಸಿಕೆ
- repentance in Punjabi
- ਪਛਤਾਵਾ pachtāvā
- repentance in Gujarati
- પશ્ચાતાપ
- repentance in Sanskrit
- अनुशय anuśaya
- repentance in Nepali
- पश्चाताप
- repentance in Pashto
- توبه tobá
- repentance in Arabic
- تَوْبَة tawba
- repentance in Malay
- taubat
- repentance in Persian
- پشیمانی pašimâni, توبه towbe
- repentance in Vietnamese
- ăn năn
Examples of repentance in a sentence
- He it is who accepteth repentance from his servants, and forgiveth their sins and knoweth your actions. Sura XLII.
- And Jesus tells them “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
- There's something undignified about repentance and the desire for forgiveness, something Christianoid that bothers me.
Synonyms of repentance
Forms of repentance
| plural | repentances |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | repentaunce |
Origin of repentance
First attested circa 14th century, from Middle English repentance, repentaunce, from Old French repentance. More at repent. By surface analysis, repent + -ance.
Words formed from repentance
Phrases with repentance
Questions about repentance
- What does repentance mean?
- Repentance means the action of repenting, an instance of it, atonement.
- What is repentance in Hindi?
- Repentance in Hindi is पछतावा (pachtāvā), पश्चात्ताप (paścāttāp). See Repentance meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is repentance?
- Repentance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce repentance?
- Repentance is pronounced /ɹɪˈpɛntəns/.
- What is the plural of repentance?
- The plural of repentance is repentances.
Words near repentance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: repentance (page history and authors); பின்னிரக்கம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); توبہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); তওবা (Bengali) (page history and authors); repentance (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); repentance (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repentance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪਛਤਾਵਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); repentance (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अनुशय (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); repentance (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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