Definition of repent

• a. - Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.
• a. - Same as Reptant.
• v. i. - To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.
• v. i. - To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.
• v. i. - To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin.
• v. t. - To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
• v. t. - To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.
• v. t. - To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.