repentant
/ɹəˈpɛntənt/
repentant adjective: feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.
Adjective
repentant (comparative more repentant, superlative most repentant)
- Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.
- I cannot believe that God wants us to kill no matter if this man is a sinner. God’s greatest commandment is one of love, not hate and revenge. I believe that this man is repentant for his wrongdoings. He has asked for forgiveness.2013, Valorie Cunningham, Choices, FriesenPress, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- penitent, contrite, remorseful, apologetic, guilt-ridden
- Antonyms:
- impenitent, unrepentant, unbowed, unreformed, recidivistic
Noun
repentant (plural repentants)
- One who repents; a penitent.
repentant meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
repentant in Urdu
- متاسف, نادم, پشیمان, تائب
repentant in Bengali
- repentant, penitent, contrite
- অনুতপ্ত onutopto
repentant in Malayalam
- അനുതപിക്കുന്ന, അനുതാപസൂചകമായ, പശ്ചാത്താപമുളള
Synonyms of repentant
Antonyms
Forms of repentant
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more repentant |
| superlative | most repentant |
| Noun | |
| plural | repentants |
Origin of repentant
From Middle English repentant, from Old French repentant, present participle of repentir. By surface analysis, repent + -ant.
Words formed from repentant
Questions about repentant
- What does repentant mean?
- Repentant means feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.
- What is repentant in Urdu?
- Repentant in Urdu is متاسف, نادم, پشیمان. See Repentant meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is repentant?
- Repentant can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce repentant?
- Repentant is pronounced /ɹəˈpɛntənt/.
Words near repentant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: repentant (page history and authors); repentant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অনুতপ্ত (Bengali) (page history and authors); repentant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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