Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.
- 2adjective
Same as Reptant.
- 3intransitive verb
To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.
- 4intransitive verb
To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.
- 5intransitive verb
To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin.
- 6transitive verb
To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
- 7transitive verb
To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.
- 8transitive verb
To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.
- 9verb
feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
- 10verb
turn away from sin or do penitence
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