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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
- The Christ with the bridesister, moisture of light, born of an ensouled virgin, repentant sophia, departed to the plane of buddhi.Episode 9 — Scylla And Charybdis (6% in)
- Repentance skindeep.Episode 5 — Lotus Eaters (76% in)
- Yet sometimes they repent too late.Episode 6 — Hades (32% in)
- Marry in May and repent in December.Episode 13 — Nausicca (75% in)
- BLOOM: (Repentantly) I am very disagreeable.Episode 15 — Circe (41% in)
- Repent, Stephen.Episode 15 — Circe (86% in)
- THE MOTHER: (With smouldering eyes) Repent!Episode 15 — Circe (86% in)
There are no more uses of "repentance" in Ulysses by James Joyce.
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