re|pent´ant|ly

re|pent´ant|ly
re|pent|ant «rih PEHN tuhnt», adjective.
repenting; feeling regret; sorry for doing wrong: »

a repentant criminal, repentant tears.

[< Old French repentant, present participle of repentir repent]
re|pent´ant|ly, adverb.

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  • re|pent|ant — «rih PEHN tuhnt», adjective. repenting; feeling regret; sorry for doing wrong: »a repentant criminal, repentant tears. ╂[< Old French repentant, present participle of repentir repent] –re|pent´ant|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • un´re|pent´ant|ly — un|re|pent|ant «UHN rih PEHN tuhnt», adjective. not repentant; impenitent. –un´re|pent´ant|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • un|re|pent|ant — «UHN rih PEHN tuhnt», adjective. not repentant; impenitent. –un´re|pent´ant|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • ant — abrad·ant; ador·ant; adul·ter·ant; ano·rex·i·ant; ant·ac·id; ant·werp; ap·pend·ant; as·cend·ant; as·sail·ant; as·sist·ant; at·tend·ant; beau·sé·ant; cau·ter·ant; cha·toy·ant; clair·voy·ant; com·bat·ant; com·plain·ant; con·tin·u·ant; de·fend·ant;… …   English syllables

  • pent — per·pent; re·pent·ant·ly; …   English syllables

  • pent-up — [adj] held within bottled up, bridled, checked, constrained, curbed, held back, held in check, inhibited, repressed, restrained, restricted, smothered, stifled, suppressed; concepts 401,403 Ant. public, released …   New thesaurus

  • pent-up — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. held in, suppressed, repressed. See restraint. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. held in check, repressed, restrained; see restrained , restricted . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. confined, restrained …   English dictionary for students

  • repentant — re·pent·ant …   English syllables

  • repentantly — re·pent·ant·ly …   English syllables

  • Re — Re; re·able; re·absorb; re·absorption; re·accept; re·access; re·accession; re·acclimatization; re·acclimatize; re·accommodate; re·accommodation; re·accounting; re·accredit; re·accreditation; re·acetylation; re·acknowledge; re·acquaint;… …   English syllables

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