different between revival vs repentance

English

Etymology

revive +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???va?v?l/
• Rhymes: -a?v?l
• Hyphenation: re?vi?val

Noun

revival (countable and uncountable, plural revivals)

1. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived
2. Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.
3. Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, such as drama or literature.
4. Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.
5. A Christian religious meeting held to inspire active members of a church body or to gain new converts.
6. Reanimation from a state of languor or depression; applied to health, a person's spirits, etc.
7. Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.
8. Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.

   the revival of hot pants

9. Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; reinstatement of a legal action.

   the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will

10. Revivification, as of a metal.

Derived terms

• devival
• revivalism
• revivalist

Translations

Spanish

Noun

revival m (plural revivales)

1. revival

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)

1. 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.

2. 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)

1. 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)

1. repentance

Related terms

• repentir

Old French

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

repentance f (nominative singular repentance)

1. repentance

Descendants

• English: repentance
• French: repentance