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repentir

/ʁə.pɑ̃.tiʁ/

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verb/ʁə.pɑ̃.tiʁ/

to repent

“Elle ne s'est jamais repentie jusqu'à sa mort.” — She never repented until her death.

Inherited from Middle French repentir, from Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre. Compare English repent.

noun, masculine/ʁə.pɑ̃.tiʁ/plural: repentirs

repentir is masculine in French.

repentance; pentimento

“Near-synonyms: remords, regret”

Synonyms: remords, regret

Inherited from Middle French repentir, from Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre. Compare English repent.