repent
पछताना
definition
verb
the priest urged his listeners to repent
feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin.
translation of 'repent'
दुख के साथ स्मरण करना,
तोबा करना,
प्रायश्चित्त करना,
पश्चाताप करना
verb
पछताना
adjective
पछतावा का
example
Marian came to 'repent' her hasty judgment
Magdalen is not only brought ‘safely through all kinds of actual and positive wrongdoing without fatal or even serious damage’ but also achieves happiness because she avows and does not 'repent' her past life.
I 'repent' me of all I did
On several levels Mary is unsympathetic - she doesn't 'repent' her murder, she shuns the affection of her loved ones, and continues to obsess about her lover.
As in the scripture, the innocent Job must 'repent' in order to be saved.
the Padre urged his listeners to 'repent'
He shows excessive regret and wants to 'repent' by embracing death.
When he has once taken those steps, the wage must rise; even if the workman's share in the profit does not come to him quite as quickly; he has no occasion to 'repent' it.
With the devil given the chance to inhabit a body and 'repent' , the mood is strictly Clerkenwell cabaret.
the priest urged his listeners to 'repent'
Marian came to 'repent' her hasty judgement
Wonder if Janet will 'repent' for her theft, or get caught further and further in a web of deceit.
The only way that can happen is if all of the girls admit and 'repent' their sins.
For the love of God, Allah, Yahweh and the winds willing 'repent' your sins!
Judgement tympana warned the congregation to 'repent' their sins, with graphic illustrations of sinners going to hell.
I 'repent' me of all I did
It may include feelings of guilt or profanation, at times engendering a twinge-or surge-of regret, an impulse to 'repent' .
The ruling principle is that fear of sin precedes love of God, which leads to 'repentance' (contrition).
It seems Faustus hears what the Evil Angel says, but tells himself that even if he were a devil, God will pity him if he 'repents' .
She 'repents' when she meets him, and moves into the place he is staying, near Msimangu's Mission House.
Midas 'repented' his wish, and Bacchus took away the gold touch, but later Midas found himself in trouble again.
Miss Macleod added that her expiring brother said that he had always 'repented' of his actions.
So we can sympathize with the older woman's conundrum over the 'repentant' ex-husband: we can forgive, but can we forget?
Franzen confesses his sin and 'repents' by giving away his television set.
In the thirteenth century her character and role were significantly expanded to incorporate details of her life as a prostitute and her subsequent conversion and 'repentance' .
Because of all this, Cruise 'repents' and learns that fidelity to a loved one is not so bad after all.
Investors in growing enterprises have 'repented' of their boom-era zeal and incautiousness, and are now subjecting every deal to microscopic scrutiny.
Osborne Hamley is bitterly estranged from his father, but when Osborne dies and the secret of his marriage is revealed, Squire Hamley, 'repenting' his harshness, adopts Osborne's baby son.
If he sees, for example, that a wrongdoer has genuinely 'repented' and that no good would come of forcing the miscreant to do jail time, he'll suspend his sentence.
Sounds like you're 'repenting' your new habit.
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