Chiefly Theology. intransitive. To be penitent or contrite; to feel repentance or remorse. Also with for. Obsolete.

To rue, repent: often impersonal.

transitive. impersonal or with non-referential it as subject, with genitive or that clause. To cause (one) grief or regret; = repent, v. 2b.

intransitive. To turn back, return; (also) to repent.

intransitive. To feel sorrow, penitence, or compassion.

transitive. To displease, grieve, vex; to cause regret or repentance to; = ofthink, v. Frequently impersonal as me overthinketh or with…

To bring into better state, put right, correct, amend, reform (faults, evil ways, etc.); to make good (misdeeds). absol. To amend, repent, Obsolete.

impersonal it athinks me: it repents me.

The performance of some act of self-mortification or the undergoing of some penalty as an expression of sorrow for sin or wrongdoing; religious…

impersonal and quasi-impersonal. (it) forthinks (me, him, etc.): I, etc., feel regret, repent, or am sorry. Const. of, for, or that, with…

intransitive. To review one's actions and feel contrition or regret for something one has done or omitted to do; (esp. in religious contexts) to…

intransitive for reflexive. Const. of.

intransitive. To feel remorse.

intransitive. To feel regret, repent.

intransitive. To feel remorse or sorrow; to express remorse or regret. In later use chiefly Scottish and U.S. colloquial. Also transitive.

to repent; to feel regret; to change one's mind.