01 n. The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin.
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The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin.“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 practice from the conviction that it has offended God. Sorrow, fear, and anxiety are properly not parts, but adjuncts, of repentance; yet they are too closely connected with it to be easily separated.” — Rambler.
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Contrition; regret; penitence; contriteness; compunction. See Contrition.