All 5 Uses of
repent
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- Now my desires were complied with, and it would, indeed, have been folly to repent.†
p. 46.9repent = to express or feel regret for having done wrong
- Accordingly, a few months after your departure for Ingolstadt, Justine was called home by her repentant mother.†
p. 67.6repentant = feeling regret for having done something wrong
- The poor woman was very vacillating in her repentance.†
p. 67.7 *repentance = to feel or express regret for having done wrong
- Man, you shall repent of the injuries you inflict.†
p. 173.2repent = to express or feel regret for having done wrong
- "Your repentance," I said, "is now superfluous.†
p. 222.1repentance = to feel or express regret for having done wrong
Definition:
to feel regret for having done wrong and to firmly decide to be a better person in the future