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Repentant :: Repentant (a.) Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes..

Repentance :: Repentance (n.) The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin..

Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.

Evangelist :: Evangelist (n.) A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance..

Rue :: Rue (v. i.) To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.

Covenant :: Covenant (n.) The promises of God as revealed in the Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc..

Repent :: Repent (v. t.) To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.

Repenter :: Repenter (n.) One who repents.

Forthink :: Forthink (v. t.) To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret.

Contrition :: Contrition (n.) The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance..

Penance :: Penance (n.) Repentance.

Reptant :: Reptant (a.) Same as Repent.

Attrite :: Attrite (a.) Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.

Repentant :: Repentant (a.) Penitent; sorry for sin.

Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory..

Penitent :: Penitent (a.) Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life..

Impenitently :: Impenitently (adv.) Without repentance.

Repent :: Repent (v. t.) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.

Repentant :: Repentant (n.) One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent..

Spasm :: Spasm (v. t.) A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance..

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