repentance, repent a unce

[Fr. repent ance.] 1. Ord. Lang.: The act of repenting; the state of being penitent; sorrow or regret for what has been or left undone by one's self; espec. sorrow and contrition for sin; such sorrow for the past as leads to amendment of life; penitence, contrition. ( Matt. ix. 13.) 2. Theol .: Two kinds of repentance are recognized in the New Testament: "Repentance to salvation not to be repented of," which is characterized by 2. Repulsive, disagreeable. "Its repellent plot deals with the love of a man who is more than half a monkey for a woman he saves from the penalty of murder."- Athenœum , Oct. 7, 1882. IMG:content-0462.png:[blocks in formation] "Do not use repellents ." -Wiseman: Surgery , bk. i., ch. xix.