teshuvah

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A form of teshuva — The Jewish concept of penitence.

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

nounteshuvah (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of teshuva.
    1 more example

    Mechon Hadar's president, a prominent rabbi (and a stepson to former US senator Joe Lieberman), responded by censuring the student, implying that he would be unwelcome in the Hadar community until he performed teshuvah—repentance—for having "called out" the connections between [Leslie] Wexner, [Jeffrey] Epstein, and the school in a community forum.

    2019 August 7, Marissa Brostoff, Noah Kulwin, “The Right Kind of Continuity”, in Jewish Currents
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APA

teshuvah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teshuvah

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“teshuvah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teshuvah. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teshuvah,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teshuvah.

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