All 3 Uses of
repent
in
Antigone
- Warned by the seer Teiresias Creon repents him and hurries to release Antigone from her rocky prison.†
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- Relent then and repent thee of thy wrath; For, if one young in years may claim some sense, I'll say 'tis best of all to be endowed With absolute wisdom; but, if that's denied, (And nature takes not readily that ply) Next wise is he who lists to sage advice.†
- To err is common To all men, but the man who having erred Hugs not his errors, but repents and seeks The cure, is not a wastrel nor unwise.†
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