From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en]. Compare Modern
[fr].
**** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To feel pain , sorrow , or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
2. * [Luke]
3. * [Jonah]
4. * [1=en]
5. [en] To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
6. * [Mark]
7. * [Acts]
8. * [Luke]
9. * [en]
10. * [1=en]
11. [en] To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
12. * [1=en]
13. [en] To be sorry for, to regret .
14. * [IV]
15. [en] To cause to have sorrow or regret.
16. * [ book=VII]
17. * [Genesis]
18. [en] To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.
19. * [1515–1516] , published 1568, [John Skelton] , _Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c._ :
20. *: But if that I knewe what his name hight, <br> For clatering of me I would him ſone quight; <br> For his falſe lying, of that I ſpake never, <br> I could make him ſhortly REPENT him forever: [ … ]
21. [en] To change one's mind.
22. * [Psalms]
***** Synonyms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
***** Related terms
{{col|en |penance |penitence |penitent |penitentiary |repentance |repentant
|unrepentable }}
***** Translations
[to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do]
- Albanian: [sq]
- American Sign Language: [ase]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Aramaic:
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Chuukese: [chk]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Lutuv: [clt]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian:
- Old English: [ang]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh] , [sh] , [sh]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Greek:
- Hindi: [hi]
- Ngazidja Comorian: [zdj]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh] , [sh] , [sh]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[to feel pain on account of, to remember with sorrow]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[to feel sorry for, to regret]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh] , [sh] , [sh]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[to cause to have sorrow or regret]
- American Sign Language: [ase]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Woiwurrung: [wyi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
From [en], present participle of [la].
**** Pronunciation
- [en]
**** Adjective
[?]
1. [en] Creeping along the ground.
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1870 | author=Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour | title=Letters to Squire Pedant in the East | page=54
|text=The pennated, REPENT and ferine entities of the boscage, are ousels,
shellducks, [ganza, ortolans, cryals, leverocks, aspics, kokobs, mariputs,
castors, cervine, lupine, vulpine] and ursine quadrupeds.}}
***** Synonyms
- [en]
*** References
- [R:Century 1911]
- [R:Webster 1913]
[en]
** French
*** Verb
[fr]
1. [fr]
** Latin
*** Verb
[la]
1. [la]
** Romanian
*** Etymology
[ro].
*** Adjective
[ro-adj]
1. creeping [about plants]
**** Declension
[ro-decl-adj]