0 past simple and past participle of repent
1 to be very sorry for something bad you have done in the past and wish that you had not done it:
But what if the criminal genuinely repented for his sins?
If the lessons of history have been recognized and sincerely repented, we should do better in the future.
The latter repented, and gave up his vice.
I thought that the sinner had repented once again.
There will be great rejoicing in heaven that one of the sinners has repented.
Ultimately they repented of it evidently, left it alone, refused to proceed further.
We have not done our duty in the past, all right, but we have repented.
Although some sinners have repented, the facts still need to be put completely straight.