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t, for what one has done or omitted to do. First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents. Dryden.

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 p…

Penitent; sorry for sin. Chaucer. Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood. Millton.

In a repentant manner.

One who repents.

With repentance; penitently.

Unrepentant. [R.]

Want of repentance; impenitence. Bp. Montagu.

Noisy; loud. [R.] Shenstone.

Impenitence. [R.]

The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. "Acceptability of repentance." Jer. Taylor.

ame. Byron. In dust and ashes, In sackcloth and ashes, with humble expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of mourning in Eastern lands. -- Volcanic ashes, or Volcanic ash, the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by volcanoes.

To repent; to displease; to disgust. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.

; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail. The avail of a deathbed repentance. Jer. Taylor.

to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit. I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. Jer. xviii. 10.

ion by inch of candle, a form of excommunication in which the offender is allowed time to repent only while a candle burns. -- Not worth the candle, not worth the cost or trouble. -- Rush candle, a candle made of the pith of certain rushes, peeled except on one side, and dipped in grease. -- Sale by inch of candle,…

. Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance. Jer. Taylor.

The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance. My future days shall be one whole contrition. Dryden.

tward life. He oft Frequented their assemblies, . . . and to them preached Conversion and repentance, as to souls In prison under judgments imminent. Milton.