repent
US: /ɹɪˈpɛnt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
repent /ri'pent/
- động từ
- ân hận, ăn năn, hối hận
- to repent [of] one's sin: hối hận về tội lỗi của mình
- I have nothing to repent of: tôi không có gì phải ân hận cả
- ân hận, ăn năn, hối hận
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
~ (of sth) (formal) to feel and show that you are sorry for sth bad or wrong that you have done: [V] God welcomes the sinner who repents. + She had repented of what she had done. + [VN] He came to repent his hasty decision (= wished he had not taken it).
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
regret, feel contrition, lament, bemoan, bewail, be sorry, rue, feel remorse, feel remorseful or penitent, show penitence:
She repented having reported him to the police. Now that the evil deed is done he can but repent.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
bitterly
She bitterly repented what she had done.
VERB + REPENT
come to
He came to repent his hasty decision.
PREP.
of
She has repented of her sins.
Concise English dictionary
repents|repented|repentingrɪ'pent
verb
+turn away from sin or do penitence
+feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
