1. v.
1. intr. (often foll. by of) feel deep sorrow about one's actions etc.
2 tr. (also absol.) wish one had not done, regret (one's wrong, omission, etc.); resolve not to continue (a wrongdoing etc.).
3 refl. (often foll. by of) archaic feel regret or penitence about (now I repent me).
Derivatives:
repentance n. repentant adj. repenter n.
Etymology: ME f. OF repentir (as RE-, pentir ult. f. L paenitere) 2. adj. Bot. creeping, esp. growing along the ground or just under the surface.
Etymology: L repere creep