repentance
repentance — noun
1. a strong feeling of being sorry for a wrong act, together with a real wish to ch
a strong feeling of being sorry for a wrong act, together with a real wish to change and never do it again
Adisa showed no repentance after lying to his parents about the broken window.
show + repentance for owning up to a fault
The court hoped the young thief would feel genuine repentance and pay the shop back.
genuine repentance: sincerity of the regret
Years of quiet repentance followed the cruel words Eli had spoken to his sister.
Her letter was full of repentance for the harm she had caused at work.
True repentance means more than saying sorry; it means changing how you act.
- remorse
more about the painful feeling itself, less about wanting to change
- contrition
very formal, strong religious flavour, often before confession
- penitence
near-identical but rarer and more literary
- defiance
refusing to admit any fault at all
文法句型
repentance for [wrongdoing]
show repentance
用法筆記
Frequently appears in moral or religious contexts and pairs with adjectives of sincerity (genuine, true, deep). The object of regret is marked with 'for', not 'of'.