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repentance

noun
/ɹɪˈpɛntəns/

Etymology

First attested circa 14th century, from Old French repentance. More at repent.

  1. derived from repentance

Definitions

  1. The condition of being repentant, penitent.

    • 1678, Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, second period God hath denied me repentance. His words gives me no encouragement to believe.

  2. A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.

    • And here, shipmates, is true and faithful repentance; not clamorous for pardon, but grateful for punishment.

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Derived

herb of repentance, irrepentance, nonrepentance, Repentance Creek, right of repentance, stool of repentance, unrepentance

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at repentance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at repentance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at repentance

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA