repentant

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/ɹəˈpɛntənt/

adjective

Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.

Similar
penitentcontriteremorsefulapologeticguilt-riddenruefulpenitentialpenitentiary
Opposite
impenitentunrepentantunbowedunreformedrecidivistic
OriginMiddle English repentant ← Old French repentant →
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Meanings

adjectiverepentant (comparative more repentant, superlative most repentant)

comparative more repentant · superlative most repentant

  1. Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.

    I cannot believe that God wants us to kill no matter if this man is a sinner. God’s greatest commandment is one of love, not hate and revenge. I believe that this man is repentant for his wrongdoings. He has asked for forgiveness.

    2013, Valorie Cunningham, Choices, FriesenPress, →ISBN

    Synonyms: penitent, contrite, remorseful, penitent, apologetic, contrite, guilt-ridden · Antonyms: impenitent, unrepentant, unbowed, unreformed, recidivistic

nounrepentant (plural repentants)

plural repentants

  1. One who repents; a penitent.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveFeeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.

Similar
penitentcontriteremorsefulpenitentapologeticcontriteguilt-ridden
Opposite
impenitentunrepentantunbowedunreformedrecidivistic

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivefeeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds

Similar
penitentcontriteremorsefulruefulpenitentialpenitentiary
Opposite
unrepentant
Also see
contritepenitentpenitentialpenitentiaryreconstructedremorsefulruefulruthfulsorry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchrepentant
  2. Middle Englishrepentant
  3. Englishrepentant

From Middle English repentant, from Old French repentant, present participle of repentir. By surface analysis, repent + -ant.

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Translations

Ancient Greek μετάμελος
  • μετάμελος (metámelos)feeling sorrow for wrongdoing
Chinese Mandarin 後悔的 /后悔的
  • 後悔的 /后悔的 (hòuhuǐde)feeling sorrow for wrongdoing
Czech kajícný
  • kajícnýfeeling sorrow for wrongdoing
Danish angrende
  • angrendefeeling sorrow for wrongdoing
Finnish katuva, katuvainen
  • katuvafeeling sorrow for wrongdoing
  • katuvainenfeeling sorrow for wrongdoing
French repentant, repenti
  • repentantfeeling sorrow for wrongdoing
  • repentifeeling sorrow for wrongdoing
German reumütig
  • reumütigfeeling sorrow for wrongdoing
Greek μετανιωμένος
  • μετανιωμένος (metanioménos)feeling sorrow for wrongdoing
Hungarian bűnbánó
  • bűnbánófeeling sorrow for wrongdoing
Polish skruszony
  • skruszonyfeeling sorrow for wrongdoing
Portuguese arrependido
  • arrependidofeeling sorrow for wrongdoing
Spanish arrepentido
  • arrepentidofeeling sorrow for wrongdoing
Swedish ångerfull, botfärdig
  • ångerfullfeeling sorrow for wrongdoing
  • botfärdigfeeling sorrow for wrongdoing

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

penetrant
Cite this entry
APA

repentant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repentant

MLA

“repentant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repentant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repentant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repentant.

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