repent

repent is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.
2. adjective. Same as Reptant.
3. intransitive verb. To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.
4. intransitive verb. To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.
5. intransitive verb. To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin.
6. transitive verb. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
7. transitive verb. To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.
8. transitive verb. To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.
9. verb. feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

   Synonyms: regret, rue

10. verb. turn away from sin or do penitence

    Synonyms: atone

Synonyms

regret, rue, atone

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in repent:

perten, terpen

Common word forms

repents, repented, repenter, repenting, repentable

Words from these letters

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