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Definition: Repentance |
RepentanceNoun1. Remorse for your past conduct. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "repentance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Satire | REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin. Desirous to avoid the pains of Hell, You will repent and join the Church, Parnell? How needless! -- Nick will keep you off the coals And add you to the woes of other souls. Jomater Abemy. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Bible | Repentance There are three Greek words used in the New Testament to denote repentance. (1.) The verb _metamelomai_ is used of a change of mind, such as to produce regret or even remorse on account of sin, but not necessarily a change of heart. This word is used with reference to the repentance of Judas (Matt. 27:3). (2.) Metanoeo, meaning to change one's mind and purpose, as the result of after knowledge. This verb, with (3) the cognate noun _metanoia_, is used of true repentance, a change of mind and purpose and life, to which remission of sin is promised. Evangelical repentance consists of (1) a true sense of one's own guilt and sinfulness; (2) an apprehension of God's mercy in Christ; (3) an actual hatred of sin (Ps. 119:128; Job 42:5, 6; 2 Cor. 7:10) and turning from it to God; and (4) a persistent endeavour after a holy life in a walking with God in the way of his commandments. The true penitent is conscious of guilt (Ps. 51:4, 9), of pollution (51:5, 7, 10), and of helplessness (51:11; 109:21, 22). Thus he apprehends himself to be just what God has always seen him to be and declares him to be. But repentance comprehends not only such a sense of sin, but also an apprehension of mercy, without which there can be no true repentance (Ps. 51:1; 130:4). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
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In Biblical Hebrew, the idea of repentance is represented by two verbs: שוב shuv (to return) and נחם nicham (to feel sorrow). The underlying idea has been expressed in Greek by the noun μετάνοια (metanoia), a word which denotes "change of mind and heart."
The Hebrew Bible postulates repentance as the indispensable condition on which the salvation and redemption of the people of Israel, as well as of every individual man, depends. (Gen. 4:7; Lev. 4, 5; Deut. 4:30, 30:2; I Kings 8:33, 48; Hosea 14:2; Jer. 3:12, 31:18, 36:3; Ezek. 18:30-32; Isa. 54:22, 55:6-10; Joel 2:12; Jonah 2:10).
Judaism emphasizes the redeeming power of teshuvah, which is nothing else than man's self-redemption from the thraldom of sin.
The full meaning of repentance in the Hebrew Bible is indicated in the Hebrew term teshuvah (lit. "return"). This implies: (1) Transgression and sin are the natural and inevitable consequence of man's straying from God and His laws (comp. Deut. 11:26-28; Isa. 1:4; Jer. 2:13, 16:11; Ezek. 18:30). (2) It is man's destiny, and therefore his duty, to be with God as God is with him. (3) It is within the power of every man to redeem himself from sin by resolutely breaking away from it and turning to God. God's loving-kindness is also extended to the returning sinner. "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon" (Isa. 55:7) (4) Because "there is not a just man upon earth, that does good, and sins not" (Eccl. 7:20; I Kings 8:46), every mortal stands in need of this insistence on his "return" to God.
The Torah (five books of Moses) distinguishes between offenses against God and offenses against man. In the first case the manifestation of repentance consists in: (1) Confession of one's sin before God (Lev. 5:5; Num. 5:7), the essential part being a solemn promise and firm resolve not to commit the same sin again. (2) Making certain prescribed offerings (Lev. 5:1-20). Offenses against man require, in addition to confession and sacrifice, restitution in full of whatever has been wrongfully obtained or withheld from one's fellow man, with one-fifth of its value added thereto (Lev. 5:20-26). If the wronged man has died, restitution must be made to his heir; if he has no heir, it must be given to the priest who officiates at the sacrifice made for the remission of the sin (Num. 5:7-9).
Other manifestations of repentance mentioned in the Bible include: pouring out water (I Sam. 7:6); prayer (II Sam. 12:16); self-affliction, as fasting, tearing the upper garment, and wearing sackcloth; sitting and sleeping on the ground (I Kings 21:27; Joel 2:13; Jonah 3:5).
The Prophets disparaged all such outer manifestations of repentance, insisting rather on a complete change of the sinner's mental and spiritual attitude. They demanded a regeneration of the heart, i.e., a determined turning from sinand returning to God by striving after righteousness. "O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and return unto the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept us graciously: so will we render as bullocks the offerings of our lips" (Hos. 14:1-2, Hebrew). "Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy, and repenteth him of the evil" (Joel 2:13).
Rabbinic Jewish literature contains extensive discussions on the subject of repentance. Many rabbinic sources states that repentance is of paramount importance to the existence of this world, so that it was one of the seven provisions which God made before the Creation (Talmud, tractes Pesachim 54a; Nedarim 39b; Midrash Genesis Rabbah 1)
"The Holy One, blessed be His name, said to Elijah, 'Behold, the precious gift which I have bestowed on my world: though a man sinneth again and again, but returneth in penitence, I will receive him'" (Yer. Sanh. 28b).
"Great is repentance: it brings healing into the world"; "it reaches to the throne of God" (comp. Hos. 14:2, 5); "it brings redemption" (comp. Isa. 59:20); "it prolongs man's life" (comp. Ezek. 18:21; Yoma 86a, b).
"Repentance and works of charity are man's intercessors before God's throne" (Shab. 32a). Sincere repentance is equivalent to the rebuilding of the Temple, the restoration of the altar, and the offering of all the sacrifices (Pesiḳ., ed. Buber, 25:158; Lev. R. 7; Sanh. 43b).
Sincere repentance is manifested when the same temptation to sin, under the same conditions, is ever after resolutely resisted (Yoma 86b). "He that confesses his sin and still clings to it is likened to a man that holds in his hand a defiling object; though he batheth in all the waters of the world he is not cleansed; but the moment he casteth the defiling object from him a single bath will cleanse him, as it is said (Prov. 28:13): 'Whoso confesseth and forsaketh them [his sins] shall have mercy'" (Ta'an. 16a; "Yad," l.c. ii. 3).
According to Jewish doctrine, repentance is the prerequisite of atonement (Talmud Yoma viii. 8). Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, derives its significance only from the fact that it is the culmination of the ten penitential days with which the Jewish religious year begins; and therefore it is of no avail without repentance (Talmud Yoma viii. 8; Midrash Sifra, Emor, xiv.). Though man ought to be penitent every day (Ab. ii. 10; Shab. 153a), the first ten days of every year are the acceptable time announced by the prophet (Isa. lv. 6): "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near" (R. H. 18a; "Yad," l.c. ii. 6).
Repentance and the Day of Atonement only absolve one from sins committed against God; from sins against another person they absolve only when restitution has been made and the pardon of the offended party has been obtained (Yoma 87a; "Yad," l.c. ii. 9).
No one need despair on account of his or her sins, for every penitent sinner is graciously received by God. (Jer. 31:9)
Jewish doctrine holds that it is never too late, even on the day of death, to return to God with sincere repentance for "as the sea is always open for every one who wishes to cleanse himself, so are the gates of repentance always open to the sinner" (Pesikta., ed. Buber, xxv. 157; Midrash Deuteronomy Rabbah ii.; Midr. Teh. lxiii.), and the hand of God is continually stretched out to receive him (Talmud Pesachim 119a; Deut. Rabbah ii.). One view in the Talmud holds that a repentant sinner attains a more exalted spiritual eminence than one who has never sinned (Berachot 34b.) It is a sin to taunt a repentant sinner by recalling their former sinful ways (B. M. 58b; "Yad," l.c. vii. 8).
Repentance occupies a prominent position in all the ethical writings of the Middle Ages. Bahya ibn Paquda devotes a special section to it in his 'Hovot ha-Levavot", "Gate of Repentance." Maimonides devotes the last section of "Sefer ha-Madda'" in his 'Mishneh Torah' to the subject.
When Jesus sent forth messengers to proclaim his gospel, he commanded them to preach repentance (Luke 24:47; Mark 6:12). Teachings on repentance are found in the New Testament in Peter, (Acts 2:38); Paul, (Acts 20:21). God wants everyone to repent (2 Pet. 3:9; Acts 17:30). Indeed, failure on the part of man to heed God's call to repentance means that he shall utterly perish (Luke 13:3).
Saint Isaac of Syria said, "This life has been given to you for repentance. Do not waste it on vain pursuits."
There is a three-fold idea involved in true repentance:
Matt. 21:29--"He answered and said: I will not; but afterward he repented, and went". The word here used for "repent" means to change one's mind, thought, purpose, views regarding a matter; it is to have another mind about a thing. This change is well illustrated in the action of the Prodigal Son, and of the Publican in the well-known story of the Pharisee and the Publican (Luke 15 and 18).
2 Cor. 7:9--"Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing." See also Luke 10:13; cf. Gen. 6:6. The Greek word for repentance is 'metanoia' which means "change of mind". This meaning is exemplified by the repentant person who not only has profound regret for his past but also the fulfilled hope in the potential of God’s grace to continually bear the fruit of healing and true reconciliation in himself, with others, and most especially with God.
The Hebrew equivalent is strong as well, and it means to pant, to sigh, or to moan. So the publican "beat upon his breast," indicating sorrow of heart. See also Psalms 38:18.In the Hebrew Bible
Repentance in the view of the Biblical prophets
Repentance in Judaism
Prerequisite of Atonement
Repentance in Christianity
The doctrine of Repentance in the Scriptures appears to be very prominent. See the description of repentance in the Hebrew Bible above for repentance in the Old Testament. In the New Testament, John the Baptist began his public ministry, as did Jesus also, with a call to repentance (Matt. 3:1, 2; 4:17).As touching the intellect
As touching the emotions
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Synonyms: RepentanceSynonyms: penance (n), penitence (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Penitence | Noun: penitence, contrition, compunction, repentance, remorse; regret. |
Awakened conscience, deathbed repentance, locus paenitentiae, stool of repentance, cuttystool. | |
Tergiversation | Tergiversation, recantation; palinode, palinody; renunciation; abjuration,abjurement; defection; (relinquishment); going over; Verb: apostasy; retraction, retractation; withdrawal; disavowal; (negation); revocation, revokement; reversal; repentance; -redintegratio amoris. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Repentance |
| English words defined with "repentance": Ash Wednesday ♦ Irrepentance ♦ penance ♦ Repentingly, Resipiscence ♦ sackcloth and ashes, Stool of repentance. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "repentance": Absence, active repentance, Altar, Ancient Mariner ♦ Baptism of Christ ♦ Cake ... Dough ♦ Enthusiasm ♦ Locus Poenitentiæ ♦ Omit "of" ♦ Polygamy ♦ reliquary, repentance. (references) |
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Lyrics | I've learned the meaning of repentance (Just One More Chance; performing artist: Bing Crosby) | |
Clever | Repentance is never something to be ashamed of. (references; author: unknown) God has promised salvation to your repentance, but he has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Repentance (1922) Flirt's Repentance (1914) A Timely Repentance (1912) Slippery Jim's Repentance (1908) Repentance (1995) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | On the stool of repentance. Sitting Bull:--"Oh! if I could only be with the Utes!" / [Bisb]ee.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Anne Sophie Swetchine | Repentance is accepted remorse. |
Aristotle | Bad men are full of repentance. |
Demosthenes | I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas. |
Duc de La Rochefoucauld | Our repentance is not so much regret for the evil we have done, as fear of its consequences. |
Henry Ward Beecher | Repentance is another name for aspiration. |
Hosea Ballou | True repentance always involves reform. |
John Dryden | Repentance is but want of power to sin. |
Pythagoras | Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance. |
Sir Walter Scott | But with morning cool repentance came. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Some secret repentance had purified this retreat. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | This means to leave church by backdoor of sin and reenter through the skylight of repentance. |
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Worker Rights | China | Government officials stated that because Phuntsog Nyidrol has shown repentance, her sentence has been reduced by one year. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. Byron, who recovered long enough to call it "entuzy-muzy," had a relapse, which carried him off -- to Missolonghi. |
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James Dobson | Yeah, everybody is protecting their own thing. But I'll tell you, the American people are very forgiving people. They'll forgive almost anything if there's an attitude of repentance and remorse and a genuine conviction about the evil of what's been done. |
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| "Repentance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.83% of the time. "Repentance" is used about 138 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.83% | 135 | 27,360 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.17% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 138 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "repentance". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Tanhumeth | N/A | Biblical | Repentance |
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Expressions using "repentance": active repentance ♦ deathbed repentance ♦ show repentance ♦ Stool of repentance. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
repentance | 69 |
prayer repentance | 8 |
gate repentance | 6 |
joke repentance | 4 |
lesson object repentance | 3 |
repentance true | 3 |
repentance sermon | 2 |
lds repentance | 2 |
biblical repentance | 2 |
display grief public repentance | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "repentance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | berou (feel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pendim (contrition, penitence, regret, remorse, rue), keqardhje (compassion, compunction, lament, pity, regret, remorse, rue, Ruth, sympathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ندم (attrition, be sorrowful, compunction, contrition, penitence, regret, remorse, rue), حسرة (heartbreak, sigh), توبة (contrition, penance, penitence), أسف (be sorry, grief, grieve, pity, plead guilty, regret, regretful, repent, rue, sorrow, sorry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съжаление (compassion, pity, regret, sorrow), разкаяние (compunction, contrition, penitence, regret, remorse, rue), покаяние (attrition, penance, penitence, sorrow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "" (repent), "恨 (remorse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pokání (penance, penitence), lítost (contrition, dolor, dolour, heartache, pity, regret, remorse, rue, sympathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Bededag (Repentance Day). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | inkeer, boetvaardigheid, berouw (compunction, contrition, remorse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | pento, kontricio (compunction, contrition, remorse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پشیمانی (Compunction, Contrition, Penance, Penitence, Regret, Remorse, Rue), ندامت (Compunction, Contrition, Penitence, Remorse), توبه (Contrition, Penitence), اصلاح مسیرزندگی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | parannus (betterment, cure, improvement, remedy), katumus (penitence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | repentir (repent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Reue (contrition, penance, penitence, regret, remorse, rue), Buße (atonement, buses, busse, damages, fine, forfeit, penance, penitence, purgation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μετάνοια (contrition, penance, penitence), μεταμέλεια (compunction, contrition, penitence, regrets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מוסר כליות (mind conscience, pangs of conscience, remorse, twinge), חרט" (compunction, contrition, penitence, regret, remorse), "תחרטות (contrition, penitence), "ר"ורי תשוב", וחם (comfort, consolation, penitence, regret, remorse, solace), קיפת לב (heartbeat, qualm, remorse), קף "לב (remorse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megbánás (compunction, penance, regret, rue), töredelem (contrition, penance, penitence, rue), bűnbánat (contrition, penance, penitence, remorse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pentimento (contrition, regret), rimpianto (mourning, regret). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 懺" (confession, penitence), "悟 , "悛 (contrition), "悛 (contrition), "い"め , "い (regret), 後" (regret). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くいあらため, くい (meaning of phrase, picket, regret, stake), ざ"' (confession, penitence), さ"' (confession, dying a glorious death, falling as flowers do, penitence), かいしゅ" (contrition, rejuvenation, return of spring), かい" (comprehension, enlightenment, nursing, remorse, safe custody, wisdom), "うかい (high seas, international waters, presenting to the public, public meeting, Red Sea, reform, regret, renewal, renovation, sail, voyage, Yellow Sea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | arrys (regret, residency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epentanceray arrependimento (penitent, regret, rue, sorriness). (various references) pocãinţã, cãinţã (contrition, penitence, regret, remorse). (various references) покаяние (penance, penitence). (various references) aithreachas (penitence). (various references) pokajanje (atonement, contrition, penitence, remorse), kajanje (attrition, contrition). (various references) arrepentimiento (contrition, penitence). (various references) ånger (contrition, penitence, regret, remorse). (various references) tövbe (penitence), pişmanlık (angst, compunction, contrition, penitence, penitential, regret, remorse, ruefulness). (various references) каяття (compunction, penitence, rue). (various references) sự hối hận (compunction, contrition, rue), sự ăn năn (compunction, contrition, penance, penitence, remorse), sự ân hận (compunction, self-reproach). (various references) edifeirwch (penitence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | paenitudine, paenitudo. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 11, Verse 29 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ametamelhta gar ta carismata kai h klhsiV tou qeou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sine paenitentia enim sunt dona et vocatio Dei |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Forþy Godes giefa and his aweccung sind unedhwierflice. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the yiftis and the cleping of God ben with outen forthenkyng. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For verely the gyftes and callynge of god are soche that it cannot repent him of them: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed. |
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| Language | Romans Chapter 11, Verse 29 |
| Cebuano | Kay ang mga gasa ug ang pagtawag gikan sa Dios dili mabakwi. |
| Croatian | Ta neopozivi su dari i poziv Božji! |
| Danish | thi Nådegaverne og sit Kald fortryder Gud ikke. |
| Dutch | Want de genadegiften en de roeping Gods zijn onberouwelijk. |
| Finnish | Sillä ei Jumala armolahjojansa ja kutsumistansa kadu. |
| French | Car Dieu ne se repent pas de ses dons et de son appel. |
| German | Gottes Gaben und Berufung können ihn nicht gereuen. |
| Haitian Creole | Sa Bondye fè kado, li bay li nèt; li p'ap chanje lide lè l' fin rele yon moun. |
| Hungarian | Mert megbánhatatlanok az Istennek ajándékai és az õ elhívása. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sebab kalau Allah memilih orang dan memberkati orang itu, Allah tidak pernah menarik kembali apa yang telah dibuat-Nya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena Allah tiada menyesal akan segala karunia-Nya, dan akan panggilan-Nya itu. |
| Italian | perché i doni e la chiamata di Dio sono irrevocabili! |
| Korean | 하 나 님 의 은 사 와 부 르 심 에 " 후 회 하 심 이 없 느 니 라 |
| Latvian | Jo þçlastîbas dâvanas un aicinâjumu Dievs nenoþçlo. |
| Maori | I a te Atua homaitanga hoki, i tana karangatanga, kahore e puta ke te whakaaro. |
| Norwegian | for sine nådegaver og sitt kall angrer Gud ikke på. |
| Portuguese | Porque os dons e a vocação de Deus são irretratáveis. |
| Rumanian | Cqci lui Dumnezeu nu -I pare rqu de darurile wi de chemarea fqcutq. |
| Shuar | Kame Yus Amáa nuna ataksha ataatsui. Shuáran achiksha atak iniaiyatsui. |
| Spanish | porque los dones y el llamamiento de Dios son irrevocables. |
| Swahili | Maana Mungu akisha wapa watu zawadi zake na kuwateua, hajuti kwamba amefanya hivyo. |
| Swedish | Ty sina nådegåvor och sin kallelse kan Gud icke ångra. |
| Uma | Apa' ane Alata'ala mpopelihi pai' mpogane' tauna, uma nadii' nculii' gane' -na toe. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "repentance": repentances. (additional references) | |
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"Repentance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: presentence, rependance, repentence, repenttence, repetance, reprentance, resentenced. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "repentance" (pronounced rupe"ntuns) |
| 6 | -e" n t u n s | sentence. |
| 5 | -n t u n s | acquaintance. |
| 4 | -t u n s | acceptance, admittance, assistance, capacitance, coexistence, competence, consistence, distance, existence, importance, impotence, inadvertence, incompetence, inductance, inheritance, insistence, instance, omnipotence, persistence, pittance, reluctance, remittance, resistance, subsistence, substance. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, accordance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, imprudence, incidence, incoherence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, innocence, insignificance, insolence, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, remembrance, reminiscence, resemblance, residence, resilience, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: penetrance. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-n-n-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: perennate. | |
-2 letters: entrance, preenact, pretence, tenpence. | |
-3 letters: canteen, centare, centner, crenate, penance, pennate, pentane, pentene, percent, precent, preteen, reenact, terpene. | |
-4 letters: arpent, canner, canter, careen, carnet, carpet, center, centra, centre, cerate, cetane, create, ecarte, enrapt, entera, entrap, entree, eterne, neaten, neater, nectar, parent, pecten, pennae, penner, prance, preact, recane, recant, recent, recept, rennet, repeat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-n-n-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: penetrances, repentances. | |
+2 letters: intemperance. | |
+3 letters: intemperances. | |
+5 letters: parthenogenetic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 70 65 6E 74 61 6E 63 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . .--. . -. - .- -. -.-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110000 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e p e n t a n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0070 0065 006E 0074 0061 006E 0063 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52718271808667806971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Derived from 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Orthography 23. Bibliography |
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