All 6 Uses of
repent
in
Measure for Measure
- Lest I might be too rash: Under your good correction, I have seen When, after execution, judgment hath Repented o'er his doom.†
Scene 2.2repented = expressed regret for having done something wrong
- Repent you, fair one, of the sin you carry?†
Scene 2.3repent = to feel regret for having done wrong and to firmly decide to be a better person in the future
- I do confess it, and repent it, father.
Scene 2.3 *repent = feel regret for having done wrong and resolve to be a better person in the future
- 'Tis meet so, daughter: but lest you do repent As that the sin hath brought you to this shame,— Which sorrow is always toward ourselves, not heaven, Showing we would not spare heaven as we love it, But as we stand in fear,— JULIET.†
Scene 2.3repent = to feel regret for having done wrong and to firmly decide to be a better person in the future
- I do repent me as it is an evil, And take the shame with joy.†
Scene 2.3
- Pardon me, noble lord: I thought it was a fault, but knew it not; Yet did repent me, after more advice: For testimony whereof, one in the prison, That should by private order else have died, I have reserved alive.†
Scene 5.1