All 7 Uses of
repent
in
Great Expectations
- "And let me have none of your tricks here," said Mr. Trabb, "or you shall repent it, you young scoundrel, the longest day you have to live."†
p. 160.4 *repent = to express or feel regret for having done wrong
- It was clear that I must repair to our town next day, and in the first flow of my repentance, it was equally clear that I must stay at Joe's.†
p. 238.1repentance = to feel or express regret for having done wrong
- I detested the chambers beyond expression at that period of repentance, and could not endure the sight of the Avenger's livery; which had a more expensive and a less remunerative appearance then than at any other time in the four-and-twenty hours.†
p. 292.5
- I am glad to believe you have repented and recovered yourself.†
p. 337.4repented = expressed regret for having done something wrong
- But in a fatal moment, yielding to those propensities and passions, the indulgence of which had so long rendered him a scourge to society, he had quitted his haven of rest and repentance, and had come back to the country where he was proscribed.†
p. 487.5repentance = to feel or express regret for having done wrong
- The purpose was, that I would go to Biddy, that I would show her how humbled and repentant I came back, that I would tell her how I had lost all I once hoped for, that I would remind her of our old confidences in my first unhappy time.†
p. 503.1repentant = feeling regret for having done something wrong
- But that man said he did not repent of what he had done, Joseph.†
p. 507.9repent = to express or feel 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