单词 | repentable |
释义 | repentableadj. Now rare. Of an action: that can or should be repented of; regrettable. Also: †repentant (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > [adjective] under or in shriftc1175 repentantc1230 contritea1340 penitent1341 contrited1483 penitentiala1538 repentable1571 remorsed1579 remorseful1590 repent1598 remording1614 repentive1620 contritional1648 penitentiary1795 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [adjective] > penitent or contrite rueingOE repentantc1230 contritea1340 penitent1341 compunctc1384 repentingc1405 compuncteda1425 contrited1483 repentful1561 repentable1571 relenting1576 remorsed1579 remorseful1590 repent1598 remording1614 compunctiousa1616 repentive1620 compunctionate1681 resipiscent1872 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [adjective] > thought of with repentance > able to be repentable1571 1571 Duke of Norfolk in 14th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1896) App. IV. 574 My harty repentable and pytiefull lamentation. 1584 A. Munday Watch-woord to Eng. f. 1v If such vaine, short, repentable, and feeble delight of fancie, haue such force vpon the minde of man. a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 699 Repentance of all repentable sinne may be in one moment. 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 65 It seems scarce pardonable because 'tis scarce a repentable sin or repairable malice. 1863 H. W. Beecher Freedom & War iii. 63 Each man will find his own life full of repentable sins unrepented of. 1945 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 19 Jan. 8/5 Unless they and other groups became organized..there would be a repentable omission in United States government. 1990 M. Spilka Hemingway's Quarrel with Androgyny (1995) xi. 269 He carries out his repentable flight to the woods with Littless, an action apparently better done than regretted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1571 |
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