Synonyms for repent
Definitions
- v. 1
To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Related words
- Word family
- repentingly repentance repentant
Forms
- Past participle
- repented
e.g. repented → regretted, deplored, rued, grieved…
Example sentences
- regret A time will come when you will regret your action.
- sorrow To my sorrow, my father cannot attend the meeting.
- grieve She did nothing but grieve over her husband's death.
- deplore One must deplore such bad behavior.
- atone They'll find out that one day everybody must atone.
By length
- 3 letters
- rue1
- 5 letters
- mourn1, atone2
- 6 letters
- regret2, sorrow2, grieve1, lament2, bemoan2, bewail
- 7 letters
- deplore2
- 9 letters
- deprecate3
- 10 letters
- afterthink
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (atone2 = 2 syllables).