REPENTANCE
\ɹɪpˈɛntəns], \ɹɪpˈɛntəns], \ɹ_ɪ_p_ˈɛ_n_t_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of REPENTANCE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin.
By Oddity Software
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The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
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Repentant.
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Sorrow for past acts; contrition.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Act of repenting; sorrow or regret for something said or done in the past; penitence; —in theology, distress or agony of mind for past sin and guilt, proceeding from fear of consequences, terrors of hell, &c.; legal repentance;—remorse of conscience, contrition of heart, for sin, as an offence against God, and a base return for his love and goodness; sorrow for sin produced from faith in Christ as having died for it, and offering to redeem from it; evangelical repentance; —a thorough change of heart and mind; newness of life.
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