All 6 Uses of
repent
in
Howards End
- I dare say they are sitting in the sun in Hertfordshire, and you will never repent joining them.†
Part 10 *repent = to express or feel regret for having done wrong
- I shall never repent joining you.†
Part 10
- It was not true repentance.†
Part 29repentance = to feel or express regret for having done wrong
- Men like you use repentance as a blind, so don't repent.†
Part 38
- Men like you use repentance as a blind, so don't repent.†
Part 38repent = to express or feel regret for having done wrong
- Now that she had time to think over her own tragedy, she was unrepentant.†
Part 43unrepentant = not feeling regret for having done something wrongstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unrepentant means not and reverses the meaning of repentant. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definition:
to feel regret for having done wrong and to firmly decide to be a better person in the future