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Definition
the feeling or expression of regret for having done something wrong with a firm decision to be a better person in the future
- Because the Inquisition killed its enemies in the open, and killed them while they were still unrepentant: in fact, it killed them because they were unrepentant.p. 253.9
- Because the Inquisition killed its enemies in the open, and killed them while they were still unrepentant: in fact, it killed them because they were unrepentant.p. 253.9
- The heretical thought would be unpunished, unrepented, out of their reach forever.p. 281.7
There are no more uses of "repentance" in 1984 by Orwell.
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