repentance

English

Alternative forms

• repentaunce (archaic)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

First attested circa 14th century, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French repentance. More at repent.

Pronunciation

• enPR: [rĭ-pĕnʹtəns], IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpɛntəns/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: re‧pen‧tance

Noun

repentance (countable and uncountable, plural repentances)

1. The condition of being penitent.
   • 1678, Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, second period

     God hath denied me repentance. His words gives me no encouragement to believe.

2. A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 6:

     And here, shipmates, is true and faithful repentance; not clamorous for pardon, but grateful for punishment.

Synonyms

• compunction
• contrition
• penitence
• remorse
• See also Thesaurus:remorse

Related terms

• repent
• repentant
• repentantly
• repented
• repenting

Translations

condition of being penitent

• Arabic: تَوْبَة f (tawba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: pokání n
• Dutch: berouw (nl)
• Finnish: katumus (fi)
• French: repentance (fr) f

  Old French: repentance f

• Galician: arrepentimento (gl) m, arrependimento m
• German: Reue (de) f
• Greek: μεταμέλεια (el) f (metaméleia), μετάνοια (el) f (metánoia)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: repento (io)
• Irish: aithrí f
• Italian: pentimento (it) m
• Japanese: 懺悔 (ざんげ, zange); (Buddhism) 懺悔 (さんげ, sange)
• Maori: rīpenetātanga
• Persian: پشیمانی (fa) (pašimâni)
• Portuguese: arrependimento (pt) m
• Russian: покая́ние (ru) n (pokajánije)
• Spanish: arrepentimiento (es) m
• Swahili: kitubio (sw)

feeling of regret or remorse

• Arabic: تَوْبَة f (tawba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: lítost (cs) f
• Finnish: tunnontuska, tunnonvaiva
• French: repentir (fr)
• Galician: arrepentimento (gl) m
• German: Reue (de) f
• Greek: μεταμέλεια (el) f (metaméleia)
• Ido: repento (io)
• Irish: aithrí m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: pentimento (it) m, rimorso (it) m
• Japanese: 懺悔 (ざんげ, zange); (Buddhism) 懺悔 (さんげ, sange)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Maori: rīpenetātanga
• Persian: پشیمانی (fa) (pašimâni)
• Portuguese: arrependimento (pt)
• Russian: раска́яние (ru) n (raskájanije)
• Spanish: arrepentimiento (es) m
• Swedish: ånger (sv) c, ruelse (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} تَوْبَة f (tawba)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} inkeer (nl) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} పశ్చాత్తాపం (paścāttāpaṁ)

Anagrams

• penetrance

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French

Noun

repentance f (plural repentances)

1. repentance

Related terms

• repentir

Further reading

• “repentance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French

Noun

repentance f (plural repentances)

1. repentance

Related terms

• repentir

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Old French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin.

Noun

repentance oblique singular, f (nominative singular repentance)

1. repentance
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     [Un] pecheor sanz repentance

     A sinner without repentance

Descendants

• English: repentance
• French: repentance