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Verb: repent  ri'pent
  1. Turn away from sin or do penitence
    - atone
     
  2. Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
    - regret, rue

Derived forms: repented, repenting, repents

Type of: experience, feel

Encyclopedia: Repent, Harlequin, Said the Tick Tock Man