All 6 Uses of
repent
in
The Screwtape Letters
- And while he thinks that, we do not have to contend with the explicit repentance of a definite, fully recognised, sin, but only with his vague, though uneasy, feeling that he hasn't been doing very well lately.†
Chpt 12repentance = to feel or express regret for having done wrong
- If such a feeling is allowed to live, but not allowed to become irresistible and flower into real repentance, it has one invaluable tendency.†
Chpt 12 *
- A repentance and renewal of what the other side call "grace" on the scale which you describe is a defeat of the first order.†
Chpt 13
- As long as he does not convert it into action, it does not matter how much he thinks about this new repentance.†
Chpt 13
- Even of his sins the Enemy does not want him to think too much: once they are repented, the sooner the man turns his attention outward, the better the Enemy is pleased, Your affectionate uncle SCREWTAPE XV MY DEAR WORMWOOD, I had noticed, of course, that the humans were having a lull in their European war—what they naively call "The War"!†
Chpt 14repented = expressed regret for having done something wrong
- The danger of inducing cowardice in our patients, therefore, is lest we produce real self-knowledge and self-loathing with consequent repentance and humility.†
Chpt 29repentance = to feel or express 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