Both Uses of
repent
in
This Side of Paradise
- You might marry in haste and repent at leisure, but I think you won't.†
Chpt 2.2 *repent = to express or feel regret for having done wrong
- Thousands of scowling priests keeping the degenerate Italians and illiterate Irish repentant with gabble-gabble about the sixth and ninth commandments.†
Chpt 2.3repentant = feeling regret for having done something wrong
Definition:
to feel regret for having done wrong and to firmly decide to be a better person in the future