different between repenting vs repentance
repenting
English
Verb
repenting
- present participle of repent
Noun
repenting (plural repentings)
- repentance
Anagrams
- Terpening
repenting From the web:
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repentance
English
Alternative forms
- repentaunce (archaic)
Etymology
First attested circa 14th century, from Old French repentance. More at repent.
Pronunciation
- enPR: [r?-p?n?t?ns], IPA(key): /???p?nt?ns/
- Hyphenation: re?pen?tance
Noun
repentance (countable and uncountable, plural repentances)
- The condition of being penitent.
- 1678, Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, second period
- God hath denied me repentance. His words gives me no encouragement to believe.
- 1678, Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, second period
- A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.
Synonyms
- compunction
- contrition
- penitence
- remorse
- See also Thesaurus:remorse
Related terms
- repent
- repentant
- repentantly
- repented
- repenting
Translations
Anagrams
- penetrance
French
Etymology
Old French
Noun
repentance f (plural repentances)
- repentance
Related terms
- repentir
Further reading
- “repentance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French repentance
Noun
repentance f (plural repentances)
- repentance
Related terms
- repentir
Old French
Etymology
From Latin.
Noun
repentance f (nominative singular repentance)
- repentance
Descendants
- English: repentance
- French: repentance
repentance From the web:
- what repentance is not
- what repentance means
- what repentance means in the bible
- what repentance is
- what repentance involves
- what repentance looks like
- what repentance does
- what repentance meaning in arabic
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