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- DictionaryRe·pent·ant/rəˈpen(t)nt/
adjective
- 1. expressing or feeling sincere regret and remorse; remorseful: "he is truly repentant for his incredible naivety and stupidity"
1. : experiencing repentance : penitent. 2. : expressive of repentance. repentantly adverb. Synonyms. apologetic. compunctious. contrite. penitent. regretful. remorseful. rueful. sorry. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of repentant in a Sentence. repentant sinners.
feeling sorry for something that you have done. Synonym. penitent formal. Opposites. impenitent formal. unrepentant. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sadness and regret. aw. be/weigh on your conscience idiom. bitter. black dog. breastbeating. cry. doom and gloom. feel bad idiom. gloominess. glumness. groan. guilt. melancholia.
When people are repentant, they’re feeling or showing remorse. They're sorry and ashamed of something. If you take the last cookie and then lie about it, you’re probably going to feel repentant later, if you have a heart.
Repentant definition: repenting; penitent; experiencing repentance. . See examples of REPENTANT used in a sentence.
feeling sorry for something that you have done. Synonym. penitent formal. Opposites. impenitent formal. unrepentant. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sadness and regret. aw. be/weigh on your conscience idiom. bitter. black dog. breastbeating. cry. doom and gloom. feel bad idiom. gloominess. glumness. groan. guilt. melancholia.
penitence, repentance, contrition, compunction, remorse mean regret for sin or wrongdoing. penitence implies sad and humble realization of and regret for one's misdeeds. absolution is dependent upon sincere penitence. repentance adds the implication of a resolve to change.
1. Feeling or expressing regret for one's sins or misdeeds: compunctious, contrite, penitent, penitential, regretful, remorseful, sorry. 2. Expressing or inclined to express an apology: apologetic, contrite, penitent, regretful, sorry.
