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Forsake vs Repent - What's the difference?

forsake | repent |

As verbs the difference between forsake and repent

is that forsake is to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently) , to renounce while 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".

As an adjective repent is

(chiefly|botany) creeping along the ground.

forsake

English

Verb

  • To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently) , to renounce.

    • References

    * * Notes: English irregular verbs English words prefixed with for- ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • to give up, relinquish
  • to denounce (the devil)

    • Derived terms

    * (l)

    References

    *

    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.
  • :
  • 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.
  • *
  • *: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
    *
    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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