turn away from sin or do penitence
feel remorse for feel sorry for be contrite about
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repents
An hypocrite never thoroughly repents. [ Proverb ]
He who decides in haste repents in haste. [ Publius Syrus ]
He that repents of a fault upon right grounds is almost innocent. [ Proverb ]
He that repents of his own act either is, or was a fool by his own confession. [ Proverb ]
Sweet tastes have sour closes; and he repents on thorns that sleeps in beds of roses. [ Quarles ]
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he repents himself of time. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
A woman repents sincerely of her fault, only after being weaned from her infatuation for the one who induced her to commit it. [ Latena ]
What consoles one nowadays is not repentance, but pleasure. Repentance is quite out of date, and beside, if a woman really repents, she has to go to a bad dressmaker, otherwise no one believes in her. [ Oscar Wilde, Lady Windemere's Fan ]
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