verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
repent (of) your sins (= be sorry you committed them )
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I sincerely repent of my sins.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sin
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Before Nina dies she and Gael again make peace, she repents her sins , and Gael vows to rewrite his novel.
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The Church would accept her because it had to accept anyone who had repented her sins and embraced its teachings.
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He said something about repenting for your sin .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Repent your sins and you will be forgiven.
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At a press conference, Cheng repented her crimes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I began to repent my parting with you.
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I did sometimes resist her, I repent it...
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Metanoia does not imply repenting, nor has it anything to do with sinning, as such.
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One approach was to read these young people the riot act and let them repent or retreat.
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Separatism is an exhausting act of faith, and because of insistent pressure on you to repent , it requires almost daily reaffirmation.
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Sin could be repented of by an act of volition; failure could not be disposed of so easily.
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The Church would accept her because it had to accept anyone who had repented her sins and embraced its teachings.
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You have sinned, Jimbo, I told myself out loud, but it is never too late to repent .