Both Uses of
repent
in
A Christmas Carol
- But if you were free to-day, to-morrow, yesterday, can even I believe that you would choose a dowerless girl—you who, in your very confidence with her, weigh everything by Gain: or, choosing her, if for a moment you were false enough to your one guiding principle to do so, do I not know that your repentance and regret would surely follow?†
Chpt 2 *
- If you asked me for another penny, and made it an open question, I'd repent of being so liberal and knock off half-a-crown."†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(repent) to feel regret for having done wrong and to firmly decide to be a better person in the future