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Repent vs Afterthink - What's the difference?

repent | afterthink |

As verbs the difference between repent and afterthink

is that repent is (label) to feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of" while afterthink is to think about after the fact, reflect on.

As an adjective repent

is (chiefly|botany) creeping along the ground.

repent

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) repentir, from (re-) + a late derivative of (etyl) , alteration of (etyl) paenitere.

Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
  • *
  • *:And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
  • To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
  • :
  • *
  • *:I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent , ye shall all likewise perish.
  • (label) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
  • (label) To be sorry for, to regret.
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  • To cause to have sorrow or regret.
  • *, Bk.VII:
  • *:at that time she wolde nat, she seyde, for she was syke and myght nat ryde. "That me repentith ," seyde the kynge.
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  • *:And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
  • To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.
    • Synonyms
    * (l) * (l)
    Derived terms
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    Related terms
    * penance * repentance * repentant * penitence * penitent * unrepentable

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

  • (chiefly, botany) Creeping along the ground.
    • Synonyms
    * reptant

    References

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    afterthink

    English

    Verb

  • To think about after the fact, reflect on.
  • To repent, or feel remorse for; to regret.
  • *2005 , John Long, Drugs and the 'Beats': The Role of Drugs in the Lives and Writings :
    • Do not afterthink' except for poetic or P.S. reasons. Never ' afterthink to "improve" or defray impressions, as the best writing is always the most painful personal wrung-out tossed from cradle warm protective mind – tap from yourself the song of yourself, blow! – now! [...]
  • *1870 , Theodore Percival Wilson, Frank Oldfield; or, Lost and found :
    • Never fear," said her husband ; " there, sit you down and mend your stockings, and the less you heed us the less you'll have to afterthink ."