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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Repentance  \Re*pent"ance\  (r[-e]*p[e^]nt"ans),  n.  [F. 
  repentance.] 
  The  act  of  repenting,  or  the  state  of  being  penitent;  sorrow 
  for  what  one  has  done  or  omitted  to  do  especially, 
  contrition  for  sin.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Godly  sorrow  worketh  repentance  to  salvation.  --2.  Cor. 
  vii.  20. 
 
  Repentance  is  a  change  of  mind,  or  a  conversion  from 
  sin  to  God.  --Hammond. 
 
  Repentance  is  the  relinquishment  of  any  practice  from 
  the  conviction  that  it  has  offended  God.  Sorrow,  fear, 
  and  anxiety  are  properly  not  parts  but  adjuncts,  of 
  repentance;  yet  they  are  too  closely  connected  with  it 
  to  be  easily  separated.  --Rambler. 
 
  Syn:  Contrition;  regret;  penitence;  contriteness; 
  compunction.  See  {Contrition}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  repentance 
  n  :  remorse  for  your  past  conduct  [syn:  {penitence},  {penance}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Repentance 
  There  are  three  Greek  words  used  in  the  New  Testament  to  denote 
  repentance.  (1.)  The  verb  _metamelomai_  is  used  of  a  change  of 
  mind,  such  as  to  produce  regret  or  even  remorse  on  account  of 
  sin,  but  not  necessarily  a  change  of  heart.  This  word  is  used 
  with  reference  to  the  repentance  of  Judas  (Matt.  27:3). 
 
  (2.)  Metanoeo  meaning  to  change  one's  mind  and  purpose,  as 
  the  result  of  after  knowledge.  This  verb  with  (3)  the  cognate 
  noun  _metanoia_,  is  used  of  true  repentance,  a  change  of  mind 
  and  purpose  and  life,  to  which  remission  of  sin  is  promised. 
 
  Evangelical  repentance  consists  of  (1)  a  true  sense  of  one's 
  own  guilt  and  sinfulness;  (2)  an  apprehension  of  God's  mercy  in 
  Christ;  (3)  an  actual  hatred  of  sin  (Ps.  119:128;  Job  42:5,  6;  2 
  Cor.  7:10)  and  turning  from  it  to  God;  and  (4)  a  persistent 
  endeavour  after  a  holy  life  in  a  walking  with  God  in  the  way  of 
  his  commandments. 
 
  The  true  penitent  is  conscious  of  guilt  (Ps.  51:4,  9),  of 
  pollution  (51:5,  7,  10),  and  of  helplessness  (51:11;  109:21, 
  22).  Thus  he  apprehends  himself  to  be  just  what  God  has  always 
  seen  him  to  be  and  declares  him  to  be  But  repentance 
  comprehends  not  only  such  a  sense  of  sin,  but  also  an 
  apprehension  of  mercy,  without  which  there  can  be  no  true 
  repentance  (Ps.  51:1;  130:4). 
 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  REPENTANCE,  n.  The  faithful  attendant  and  follower  of  Punishment.  It 
  is  usually  manifest  in  a  degree  of  reformation  that  is  not 
  inconsistent  with  continuity  of  sin. 
 
  Desirous  to  avoid  the  pains  of  Hell, 
  You  will  repent  and  join  the  Church,  Parnell? 
  How  needless!  --  Nick  will  keep  you  off  the  coals 
  And  add  you  to  the  woes  of  other  souls. 
  Jomater  Abemy




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