repentantadj.n.

Brit.

/rᵻˈpɛnt(ə)nt/, U.S.

/rəˈpɛn(t)nt/,

/riˈpɛn(t)nt/

Forms: Middle English rependant, Middle English repentante, Middle English repentawnt, Middle English repentawnte, Middle English (1500s Scottish) repentand, Middle English–1500s repentaunt, Middle English–1500s repentaunte, Middle English– repentant, late Middle English repentaunce (transmission error), 1600s repentent.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French repentant.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French repentant (Middle French, French repentant ) experiencing repentance (12th cent.), use as adjective of present participle of repentir repent v.

A. adj.

1. Experiencing repentance; feeling contrition or regret for past sins or actions; penitent. Also with of, for.

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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > [adjective]

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c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 36 Ich..riht repentant neauer nes of mine greaste sunnen.

c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 2377 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 174 (MED) Þeos luþere kniȝtes..þat slowen seint thomas..weren echone repentaunt, ne miȝten none men more.

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 27 Ryȝt repentaunt and ryȝt deuout Take hys deaþ in þy meende.

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 12114 (MED) Yn heuene ys more ioye auenaunt Of a synful man repentaunt [Fr. vn pecheur repentant] Þan of nynty aungelys and nyne Þat neuer synned.

c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 59 If the good spirite repentaunte [a1463 Pierpont Morgan repentaunce] of his synnes..be ioyned and newe entred in-to the ryghte wey, it plesith righte well..Jhesu Criste, that he aqueynte him with penaunce.

1495 Act 11 Henry VII c. 57 in Statutes of Realm (1816) II. 623 Your seid Suppliaunt is as sorrowfull and repentant as any creature may be.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 525/2 As those repentaunte sinners bee a parte of the churche predestynate.

1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 175^v Them that are hartily repentaunt for their synnes.

1571 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 347 Ane repentand synner sould be resavit and imbreassit and nocht to be castin of.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 550 Penitent also and repentant, for that which he had done in his furious madnesse.

1656 A. Cowley Davideis iv. 138 in Poems Kind heav'en..does long since relent, And with Repentent Saul it self Repent.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 1 Thus they in lowliest plight repentant stood.

1728 T. Cooke tr. Hesiod Wks. & Days ii, in tr. Hesiod Wks. I. 147 If, repentant of his breach of trust, The self-accuser thinks your vengeance just.

1791 T. Holcroft School for Arrogance v. 96 Here at your feet, repentant for my faults, I claim that pity which a father so good, and so affectionate, will not sure refuse.

1817 J. Keats Poems 47 The downcast eye, repentant of the pain That its mild light creates to heal again.

1843 J. F. Cooper Ned Myers xiv. 167 I became more considerate, and better mannered, if I were not truly repentant for my sins.

1876 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth xxv. 249 He will cleanse from your repentant souls this daily assoilment.

1915 K. Burke Let. 6 Nov. in Sel. Corr. K. Burke & M. Cowley (1988) 8 You can imagine how embarrassed and repentant I was when she made things comfy for me.

1945 M. D. Elevitch Let. 15 Apr. in Dog Tags Yapping (2003) 146 Ellicott is..nervous, red-eyed and repentant at the ribaldness of the spectacle.

1989 L. Kennedy On my Way to Club xx. 349 Speer..freely admitted and was repentant for his share of the guilt.

2001 B. Ehrenreich Nickel & Dimed (2002) iii. 134 Cory is not repentant, in fact makes excuses about having had to cheat and steal all the way up from the projects.

2. Expressing or indicating repentance.

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a1542 T. Wyatt vii. Penytentiall Psalmes (1549) Prol. sig. X^v Pompious pryde..with rebate repentaunt humblenes Thinner vyle clothe, then clothed pouertie Doth scantlye hyde and cladde hys nakednes.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 203 After I haue solemnly interred..this noble King, And wet his graue with my repentant teares.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 87 Some of them have not spared to commit repentant error, to please the Pope.

1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 418 Relentless walls! whose darksom round contains Repentant sighs.

1857 C. F. Alexander Poems Old Test.: Pt. II 67 Give God that first, best sacrifice, An humble heart's repentant sighs.

1908 M. J. Cawein Poems I. 163 All my heart's a cup Hollowed for repentant tears.

1969 J. Fowles French Lieutenant's Woman iv. 23 It was of such repentant severity that most of the beneficiaries of her Magdalen Society scrambled back down to the pit of iniquity as soon as they could.

1994 L. Rosenberg Children of Paradise 26 He lies..behind the wood slats of his crib, and out of my repentant silence, murmurs ‘I am so sad’.

B. n.

A person who repents, a penitent. Also occasionally in extended use. Formerly also as a mass noun: †people who repent considered collectively (obsolete). Now rare.

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c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 107 (MED) Heil Modur ful of grace..To repentaunt þou getest space.

?1406 T. Hoccleve La Mâle Règle 414 in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 66/1 Relkeeue the repentant in disese!

c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) iv. 348 (MED) Thou art mercyable..To repentant, by rygour nat vengeable.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Testament (Harl. 218) 888 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 362 It is my guyse All repentaunt [v.r. repentauntes] to bryng hem to my blysse.

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 73 (MED) Ther moste be considerid the gretnes of compunccion þat is in the repentaunt.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 554/1 Though he haue made a true faithfull promise of pardone, to al true repentauntes and penitentes.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 179 I following the Greeke originall [metanoia], choose to call him the penitent, or repentant.

1624 R. Skynner Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. cii. 350 Let not a Man that is a true Repentant think [etc.].

1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 21 Dumb gestures are fitter for repentants, then high phrased bablings.

1753 J. Hill Inspector I. lviii. 241 A species of distress..which crowds our locks with repentants.

1814 Gonzanga iv. vi, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre III. 142 This last design of thy vengeful cruelty has made a sincere repentant of me.

1927 Times 30 Nov. 13/2 (heading) ‘Rewards’ For Soviet Repentants.

2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 18 Aug. 27/1 With his short-sleeve shirt, plain tie and high-water pants, Sharpe has the determined look of a repentant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	repentant
释义	repentantadj.n. Brit. /rᵻˈpɛnt(ə)nt/, U.S. /rəˈpɛn(t)nt/, /riˈpɛn(t)nt/ Forms: Middle English rependant, Middle English repentante, Middle English repentawnt, Middle English repentawnte, Middle English (1500s Scottish) repentand, Middle English–1500s repentaunt, Middle English–1500s repentaunte, Middle English– repentant, late Middle English repentaunce (transmission error), 1600s repentent. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French repentant. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French repentant (Middle French, French repentant ) experiencing repentance (12th cent.), use as adjective of present participle of repentir repent v. A. adj. 1. Experiencing repentance; feeling contrition or regret for past sins or actions; penitent. Also with of, for. 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 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 36 Ich..riht repentant neauer nes of mine greaste sunnen. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 2377 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 174 (MED) Þeos luþere kniȝtes..þat slowen seint thomas..weren echone repentaunt, ne miȝten none men more. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 27 Ryȝt repentaunt and ryȝt deuout Take hys deaþ in þy meende. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 12114 (MED) Yn heuene ys more ioye auenaunt Of a synful man repentaunt [Fr. vn pecheur repentant] Þan of nynty aungelys and nyne Þat neuer synned. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 59 If the good spirite repentaunte [a1463 Pierpont Morgan repentaunce] of his synnes..be ioyned and newe entred in-to the ryghte wey, it plesith righte well..Jhesu Criste, that he aqueynte him with penaunce. 1495 Act 11 Henry VII c. 57 in Statutes of Realm (1816) II. 623 Your seid Suppliaunt is as sorrowfull and repentant as any creature may be. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 525/2 As those repentaunte sinners bee a parte of the churche predestynate. 1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 175^v Them that are hartily repentaunt for their synnes. 1571 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 347 Ane repentand synner sould be resavit and imbreassit and nocht to be castin of. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 550 Penitent also and repentant, for that which he had done in his furious madnesse. 1656 A. Cowley Davideis iv. 138 in Poems Kind heav'en..does long since relent, And with Repentent Saul it self Repent. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 1 Thus they in lowliest plight repentant stood. View more context for this quotation 1728 T. Cooke tr. Hesiod Wks. & Days ii, in tr. Hesiod Wks. I. 147 If, repentant of his breach of trust, The self-accuser thinks your vengeance just. 1791 T. Holcroft School for Arrogance v. 96 Here at your feet, repentant for my faults, I claim that pity which a father so good, and so affectionate, will not sure refuse. 1817 J. Keats Poems 47 The downcast eye, repentant of the pain That its mild light creates to heal again. 1843 J. F. Cooper Ned Myers xiv. 167 I became more considerate, and better mannered, if I were not truly repentant for my sins. 1876 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth xxv. 249 He will cleanse from your repentant souls this daily assoilment. 1915 K. Burke Let. 6 Nov. in Sel. Corr. K. Burke & M. Cowley (1988) 8 You can imagine how embarrassed and repentant I was when she made things comfy for me. 1945 M. D. Elevitch Let. 15 Apr. in Dog Tags Yapping (2003) 146 Ellicott is..nervous, red-eyed and repentant at the ribaldness of the spectacle. 1989 L. Kennedy On my Way to Club xx. 349 Speer..freely admitted and was repentant for his share of the guilt. 2001 B. Ehrenreich Nickel & Dimed (2002) iii. 134 Cory is not repentant, in fact makes excuses about having had to cheat and steal all the way up from the projects. 2. Expressing or indicating repentance. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [adjective] penitentiala1538 repentanta1542 penitent1574 contritional1648 penitentiary1795 compunctionary1857 a1542 T. Wyatt vii. Penytentiall Psalmes (1549) Prol. sig. X^v Pompious pryde..with rebate repentaunt humblenes Thinner vyle clothe, then clothed pouertie Doth scantlye hyde and cladde hys nakednes. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 203 After I haue solemnly interred..this noble King, And wet his graue with my repentant teares. View more context for this quotation 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 87 Some of them have not spared to commit repentant error, to please the Pope. 1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 418 Relentless walls! whose darksom round contains Repentant sighs. 1857 C. F. Alexander Poems Old Test.: Pt. II 67 Give God that first, best sacrifice, An humble heart's repentant sighs. 1908 M. J. Cawein Poems I. 163 All my heart's a cup Hollowed for repentant tears. 1969 J. Fowles French Lieutenant's Woman iv. 23 It was of such repentant severity that most of the beneficiaries of her Magdalen Society scrambled back down to the pit of iniquity as soon as they could. 1994 L. Rosenberg Children of Paradise 26 He lies..behind the wood slats of his crib, and out of my repentant silence, murmurs ‘I am so sad’. B. n. A person who repents, a penitent. Also occasionally in extended use. Formerly also as a mass noun: †people who repent considered collectively (obsolete). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun] > person undergoing penantc1330 repentantc1390 penitenta1425 penancera1500 repenter1543 penitentiary1563 shrift child1568 penitentionary1577 contritea1600 penitencerc1600 confessanta1603 shriveling1603 confitent1606 confessary1608 penitentiala1633 confessionaire1747 mourner1807 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > one who repents penantc1330 penitentc1390 repentantc1390 repenter1543 contritea1600 ruera1628 penitentiala1633 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > one who repents > collectively repentantc1390 c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 107 (MED) Heil Modur ful of grace..To repentaunt þou getest space. ?1406 T. Hoccleve La Mâle Règle 414 in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 66/1 Relkeeue the repentant in disese! c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) iv. 348 (MED) Thou art mercyable..To repentant, by rygour nat vengeable. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Testament (Harl. 218) 888 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 362 It is my guyse All repentaunt [v.r. repentauntes] to bryng hem to my blysse. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 73 (MED) Ther moste be considerid the gretnes of compunccion þat is in the repentaunt. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 554/1 Though he haue made a true faithfull promise of pardone, to al true repentauntes and penitentes. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 179 I following the Greeke originall [metanoia], choose to call him the penitent, or repentant. 1624 R. Skynner Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. cii. 350 Let not a Man that is a true Repentant think [etc.]. 1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 21 Dumb gestures are fitter for repentants, then high phrased bablings. 1753 J. Hill Inspector I. lviii. 241 A species of distress..which crowds our locks with repentants. 1814 Gonzanga iv. vi, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre III. 142 This last design of thy vengeful cruelty has made a sincere repentant of me. 1927 Times 30 Nov. 13/2 (heading) ‘Rewards’ For Soviet Repentants. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 18 Aug. 27/1 With his short-sleeve shirt, plain tie and high-water pants, Sharpe has the determined look of a repentant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.c1230
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