All 3 Uses of
repent
in
Henry IV, Part 2
- I have checked him for it, and the young lion repents; marry, not in ashes and sackcloth, but in new silk and old sack.†
Scene 1.2repents = feels or expresses regret for having done something wrong
- 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.†
Scene 2.1 *repentance = to feel or express regret for having done wrong
- Repent at idle times as thou mayest; and so, farewell.†
Scene 2.2repent = 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