All 11 Uses of
repent
in
Cry, the Beloved Country
- — A man may repent him of any evil.†
Chpt 1.15repent = to feel regret for having done wrong and to firmly decide to be a better person in the future
- — He will repent, said Kumalo bitterly.†
Chpt 1.15
- If I say to him, do you repent, he will say, it is as my father says.
Chpt 1.15 *repent = feel regret for having done wrong and resolve to be a better person in the future
- — If you should ever repent of this plan, either here or when we are gone to my home, you must not shut it up inside you, or run away as you did from your mother.†
Chpt 1.16repent = to feel regret for having done wrong and to firmly decide to be a better person in the future
- You will promise to tell me that you have repented.†
Chpt 1.16repented = expressed regret for having done something wrong
- — I promise, she said gravely, and then eagerly, I shall never repent.†
Chpt 1.16repent = to feel regret for having done wrong and to firmly decide to be a better person in the future
- In fact you repented?†
Chpt 2.22repented = expressed regret for having done something wrong
- Yes, I repented.†
Chpt 2.22
- Did you have any other reason for repenting?†
Chpt 2.22repenting = expressing regret for having done something wrong
- He fell on his knees and groaned and repented of the lie and the quarrel.†
Chpt 2.29repented = expressed regret for having done something wrong
- Does he repent him, or is there only room for his fear?†
Chpt 3.36repent = to feel regret for having done wrong and to firmly decide to be a better person in the future