Get to know Repent better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like atone or regret.
Repent in a sentence
Related words
Repent meaning
- To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
- To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
- To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
Synonyms of Repent
Using Repent
- The main meaning on this page is: To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of". | To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love. | To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
- Useful related words include: atone, regret, rue, feel.
- In the example corpus, repent often appears in combinations such as: to repent, repent and, repent of.
Context around Repent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Repent
- In this selection, "repent" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, convert, jesus, zionists, weep and believe stand out and add context to how "repent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include catholics to repent of our and criminals to repent of their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "repent" sits close to words such as adversarial, archibald and ashraf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with repent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Any sinner can repent and recover access to salvation. (9 words)
Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. (10 words)
He was quick to repent and never without a personal word about his inadequacy. (14 words)
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed in a social media message posted in Hebrew that "with God's help we will make the Zionists repent of their crime of aggression against the Iranian consulate in Damascus". (38 words)
Addressing the congregation on the parable of the prodigal son, Rev Richmond Abekah, Circuit Minister, admonished members of the church to take advantage of the redeeming grace of God to repent from their wicked ways. (35 words)
Although calling on people to repent, he truthfully told them that the blotting out of their sins would only take place when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although calling on people to repent, he truthfully told them that the blotting out of their sins would only take place when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.
But the return of her fitness foil Bunny (Della Saba) allows her to repent for her original sin, and exorcise one of her biggest demons in the process.
He was quick to repent and never without a personal word about his inadequacy.
It seems to me that there is a common thread among the apparitions — the call to convert, repent, and to pray the Rosary.
May you repent your sins, and also receive a medical checkup because what you are following is sickening.
The guest speaker warned those liaising with the evil to attack and cause trouble in the land to repent or be consumed by the waters.
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, has issued a stern warning to informants of kidnappers, bandits and criminals to repent of their evil deeds or end up dying in the hands of security operatives.
He is also seen as a ‘consuming fire’ who passes judgement on sinners who refuse to repent.
He recognized her sin and did not condone it; He told her to repent, to no longer sin.
In our own lives, let us run to the Lord Jesus, repent, weep bitterly, and accept the immense love he has for us.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed in a social media message posted in Hebrew that "with God's help we will make the Zionists repent of their crime of aggression against the Iranian consulate in Damascus".
It is time for Catholics to repent of our bland deism, boldly proclaim Jesus Christ and his Church, and call our brothers and sisters home.
The church is certainly Beat-Herder’s smallest stage but probably the biggest buzz – a great place to revel and repent.
The JVP’s refusal to repent over at least the murders of leftists during the 1980s is a bad sign.
These are not just decisions that we repent of and that’s the end of them.
Addressing the congregation on the parable of the prodigal son, Rev Richmond Abekah, Circuit Minister, admonished members of the church to take advantage of the redeeming grace of God to repent from their wicked ways.
Also in that category are ‘Mehia Wo Yesu’ by Joe Mettle, ‘Repent’ by Joyce Blessing, ‘Hallelujah’ by MOG and ‘Mpaebo’ by Nacee.
America needs to repent for its worship of whiteness on full display this season," he continued.
Any sinner can repent and recover access to salvation.
Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work.
Common combinations with repent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to repent 50×
- repent and 22×
- repent of 10×
- repent for 9×
- not repent 5×
- and repent 4×
- who repent 4×
- we repent 3×
- repent he 2×
- repent or 2×