All 3 Uses of
repent
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Young women have committed similar follies often before, and have repented them in poverty and obscurity often before.†
Chpt 2.12 *repented = expressed regret for having done something wrong
- If it had been possible, Miss Manette, that you could have returned the love of the man you see before yourself—flung away, wasted, drunken, poor creature of misuse as you know him to be—he would have been conscious this day and hour, in spite of his happiness, that he would bring you to misery, bring you to sorrow and repentance, blight you, disgrace you, pull you down with him.†
Chpt 2.13repentance = to feel or express regret for having done wrong
- It may be that I shall yet stand your friend, if you deserve it, and repent in action—not in words.†
Chpt 3.9repent = 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