All 4 Uses of
repent
in
Oliver Twist
- Dead men never repent; dead men never bring awkward stories to light.†
Chpt 9 *
- …fixing her eyes on her son's face, 'that if an enthusiastic, ardent, and ambitious man marry a wife on whose name there is a stain, which, though it originate in no fault of hers, may be visited by cold and sordid people upon her, and upon his children also: and, in exact proportion to his success in the world, be cast in his teeth, and made the subject of sneers against him: he may, no matter how generous and good his nature, one day repent of the connection he formed in early life.†
Chpt 34
- Her words and manner had touched Rose Maylie's heart; and, mingled with her love for her young charge, and scarcely less intense in its truth and fervour, was her fond wish to win the outcast back to repentance and hope.†
Chpt 41
- It is never too late to repent.†
Chpt 47
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