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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
- Pay her the debt you owe her, and unpay the villany you have done her: the one you may do with sterling money, and the other with current repentance.2.1 — Act 2 Scene 1 — London. A street (64% in)
- I have checked him for it, and the young lion repents; marry, not in ashes and sackcloth, but in new silk and old sack.1.2 — Act 1 Scene 2 — London. A street (79% in)
- Repent at idle times as thou mayest; and so, farewell.2.2 — Act 2 Scene 2 — London. Another street (74% in)
There are no more uses of "repentance" in Henry IV, Part 2.
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