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单词 repentance
释义
repentance
(rɪpentəns )
uncountable noun
If you show repentance for something wrong that you have done, you make it clear that you are sorry for doing it.
They showed no repentance during their trial.
Synonyms: regret, guilt, grief, sorrow  
Quotations:
Repentance is the virtue of weak mindsJohn DrydenThe Indian Emperor
Amendment is repentanceThomas FullerGnomologia
Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance Bible: St. Luke
Collocations:
true repentance
It looks more like reluctant tactics than true repentance.
Times, Sunday Times
The course of true repentance never did run smoothly, though.
Times, Sunday Times
Not all sorrow leads to true repentance.
Christianity Today
To reconcile the difference, the wrongdoer must show remorse and true repentance, however, trivial.
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True repentance requires the penitent to approach the aggrieved party and correct the sin however possible.
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Translations:
Chinese: 悔悟
Japanese: 後悔
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