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repentance definition

re·pent·ance (ri pen′təns)

noun

a repenting or being penitent; feeling of sorrow, etc., esp. for wrongdoing; compunction; contrition; remorse

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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