All 4 Uses of
repent
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- Our recollections are unfortunately mingled with much that we deplore, and with many actions which we bitterly repent; still in the most chequered life I firmly think there are so many little rays of sunshine to look back upon, that I do not believe any mortal (unless he had put himself without the pale of hope) would deliberately drain a goblet of the waters of Lethe, if he had it in his power.'†
Chpt 6
- With this handsome offer, Mr Gregsbury once more threw himself back in his chair, and looked like a man who had been most profligately liberal, but is determined not to repent of it notwithstanding.†
Chpt 16 *
- But I do not repent, nor am I unhappy.†
Chpt 53
- He would seem to have repented this determination, however, for three weeks afterwards, and in the same month, he executed this.†
Chpt 63
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