On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Repentance. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as penitence or penance and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Repentance in a sentence
Repentance meaning
- The condition of being repentant, penitent.
- A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.
Synonyms of Repentance
Using Repentance
- The main meaning on this page is: The condition of being repentant, penitent. | A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.
- Useful related words include: penitence, penance, compunction, remorse.
- In the example corpus, repentance often appears in combinations such as: of repentance, repentance and, and repentance.
Context around Repentance
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Repentance
- In this selection, "repentance" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, discipline, trust, genuine, manifestly, process and day stand out and add context to how "repentance" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 49th national repentance day ceremony and called for repentance and humility. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "repentance" sits close to words such as aesthetically, apa and aqsa, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with repentance
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It challenges us to embrace total repentance. (7 words)
Kurt added that as we celebrate Christmas, we should focus on repentance. (12 words)
But the nature of repentance manifestly is an essential matter, as the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham suggests. (18 words)
As we approach the end of the Ten Days of Repentance for the new year 5784, I remind our esteemed readers of the special Yom Tov Fund that I personally administer and distribute directly into the hands of those who are most in need. (44 words)
Like Sister Eileen (Frances Tomelty), the fictional Mother Superior at the time of Lorna’s detention, this failure to engage (or to accept responsibility) communicates a profound lack of repentance for the abuses that occurred in the laundries. (38 words)
Easter is a big annual event for Christians worldwide, marking the end of 40 days of fasting, sacrifice, self-discipline, repentance, the forgiveness of sins, and salvation known as the Lenten Season. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Interspersed with this are references to repentance and renewal, although it is unclear whether Jeremiah thought that repentance could ward off judgement or whether it would have to follow judgement.
As we approach the end of the Ten Days of Repentance for the new year 5784, I remind our esteemed readers of the special Yom Tov Fund that I personally administer and distribute directly into the hands of those who are most in need.
But the nature of repentance manifestly is an essential matter, as the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham suggests.
Easter is a big annual event for Christians worldwide, marking the end of 40 days of fasting, sacrifice, self-discipline, repentance, the forgiveness of sins, and salvation known as the Lenten Season.
Every Lent challenges me to grow closer to the Lord, become more intimate with Him, which of course means trust, repentance and change.
Initially, he planned to speak on repentance and forgiveness, but after pondering the two subjects he landed on sacrifice.
Kurt added that as we celebrate Christmas, we should focus on repentance.
Like Sister Eileen (Frances Tomelty), the fictional Mother Superior at the time of Lorna’s detention, this failure to engage (or to accept responsibility) communicates a profound lack of repentance for the abuses that occurred in the laundries.
Surrendering our culture to technopoly only widens and accelerates the disconnect between these two landscapes, procrastinating the day of our repentance.
That’s what the proponents of “woke” Jesus miss the most from His message: His emphasis on repentance.
True saving faith in Jesus involves not a one-time decision for Christ but daily trusting in Him and bearing the fruits of repentance.
Whatever the struggle being discussed, the primary purpose of confession is to catalyze a repentance process that aims to correct, restore, heal and bring about justice and mercy.
After prayers specifically for repentance and human trafficking victims and rescuers, a praise dancer with Holy Community Church performed.
A future storyteller – literally embodying the past by being covered in tattoos preserving his account of the past – contrasts Nux's redemption with Immortan Joe's utter lack of repentance.
And because those in hell will not be delivered from their judgment, there can be no genuine repentance in them.
He called for repentance and humility over the Church's "flawed witness in the world" and "flawed mission to the world".
It challenges us to embrace total repentance.
Jesus loves sinners but he hates sins and his mission was to redeem the world and bring sinners into repentance in order for them to be attuned with God.
Pastors from different churches in Western Highlands Province attended the 49th National Repentance Day ceremony held in Queens Park in Mt Hagen.
The IDF dubbed the operation “Days of Repentance,” referring to the recent Jewish high holidays, and Iran’s attacks.
Common combinations with repentance
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of repentance 30×
- repentance and 29×
- and repentance 16×
- repentance for 8×
- for repentance 8×
- repentance is 6×
- in repentance 5×
- to repentance 4×
- on repentance 4×
- repentance in 4×