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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
- You might marry in haste and repent at leisure, but I think you won't.2.2 — Experiments in Convalescence (97% in)
- Thousands of scowling priests keeping the degenerate Italians and illiterate Irish repentant with gabble-gabble about the sixth and ninth commandments.2.3 — Young Irony (82% in)
There are no more uses of "repentance" in This Side of Paradise.
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