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Relenting vs Repenting - What's the difference?

relenting | repenting |

As verbs the difference between relenting and repenting

is that relenting is present participle of relent while repenting is present participle of repent.

As nouns the difference between relenting and repenting

is that relenting is the act of one who relents while repenting is repentance.

relenting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who relents.
  • * Chalmers
    • Oh, tell me, if there be any relentings of pity in your bosom, how could you endure it, to behold the agonies of the dying man, as, goaded by pain, he grasps the cold ground in convulsive energy

    repenting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • repentance
  • * (Arthur Pink), The Holy Spirit
    • He reveals to the soul that conviction of sin, deep repentings , a sense of our utter helplessness, are not grounds of acceptance with Christ, but simply a consciousness of our spiritual wretchedness