as in regretted
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
after hearing what a great time you guys had at the party, I am repenting my decision to stay home
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Recent Examples of repented
Purgatory, the middle realm, is a place where sinners who have repented—even right before dying, even if only in their thoughts—are sent to be cleansed before ascending to Paradise.
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Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repented
regretted
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The candidate regretted the error.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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Stidham regretted his decision to try to salvage the broken play.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Repented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repented. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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