Definition of Repentence
Re*pent"ance (r&esl;*p&ebreve;nt"ans),
n. [F. repentance.] 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.
Re*pent"ance (r&esl;*p&ebreve;nt"ans),
n. [F. repentance.] 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It
is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not
inconsistent with continuity of sin.
Desirous to avoid the pains of Hell,
You will repent and join the Church, Parnell?
How needless! -- Nick will keep you off the coals
And add you to the woes of other souls.
Jomater Abemy
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- The condition of being penitent
- A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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