3. To cause to have sorrow or regret; — used impersonally. [Archaic] "And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth." Gen. vi. 6.
REPENTANCE
Re*pent"ance (r-pnt"ans), n. Etym: [F. repentance.]
Defn: The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin. Chaucer. Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 20. Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God. Hammond. Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from the conviction that it has offended God. Sorrow, fear, and anxiety are properly not parts, but adjuncts, of repentance; yet they are too closely connected with it to be easily separated. Rambler.
Syn.
— Contrition; regret; penitence; contriteness; compunction. See
Contrition.
REPENTANT
Re*pent"ant (-ant), a. Etym: [F. repentant.]
1. Penitent; sorry for sin. Chaucer. Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood. Millton.
2. Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes. "Repentant sighs and voluntary pains." Pope.
REPENTANT
Re*pent"ant, n.
Defn: One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent.
REPENTANTLY
Re*pent"ant*ly, adv.