All 10 Uses of
repent
in
Anna Karenina
- He was incapable of deceiving himself and persuading himself that he repented of his conduct.†
Part 1 *repented = expressed regret for having done something wrong
- He could not at this date repent of the fact that he, a handsome, susceptible man of thirty-four, was not in love with his wife, the mother of five living and two dead children, and only a year younger than himself.†
Part 1repent = to express or feel regret for having done wrong
- All he repented of was that he had not succeeded better in hiding it from his wife.†
Part 1repented = expressed regret for having done something wrong
- "I am his sister, I know his character, that faculty of forgetting everything, everything" (she waved her hand before her forehead), "that faculty for being completely carried away, but for completely repenting too.†
Part 1repenting = expressing regret for having done something wrong
- I am fully persuaded that you have repented and do repent of what has called forth the present letter, and that you will cooperate with me in eradicating the cause of our estrangement, and forgetting the past.†
Part 3repented = expressed regret for having done something wrong
- I am fully persuaded that you have repented and do repent of what has called forth the present letter, and that you will cooperate with me in eradicating the cause of our estrangement, and forgetting the past.†
Part 3repent = to express or feel regret for having done wrong
- And he knows all that; he knows that I can't repent that I breathe, that I love; he knows that it can lead to nothing but lying and deceit; but he wants to go on torturing me.†
Part 3
- The mistake made by Alexey Alexandrovitch in that, when preparing for seeing his wife, he had overlooked the possibility that her repentance might be sincere, and he might forgive her, and she might not die—this mistake was two months after his return from Moscow brought home to him in all its significance.†
Part 4repentance = to feel or express regret for having done wrong
- That now, having expiated his sin against the husband, he was bound to renounce her, and never in future to stand between her with her repentance and her husband, he had firmly decided in his heart; but he could not tear out of his heart his regret at the loss of her love, he could not erase from his memory those moments of happiness that he had so little prized at the time, and that haunted him in all their charm.†
Part 4
- When she poured herself out her usual dose of opium, and thought that she had only to drink off the whole bottle to die, it seemed to her so simple and easy, that she began musing with enjoyment on how he would suffer, and repent and love her memory when it would be too late.†
Part 7repent = 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