Repent vs Lament - What's the difference?
repent | lament |
(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".
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*: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.
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*: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.
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*: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.
(chiefly, botany) Creeping along the ground.
To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
* Bible, John xvi. 20
To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.
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* Dryden
In intransitive terms the difference between repent and lament
is that repent is 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 lament is to express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.In transitive terms the difference between repent and lament
is that repent is to be sorry for, to regret while lament is to feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.As an adjective repent
is creeping along the ground.As a noun lament is
an expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.repent
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) repentir, from (re-) + a late derivative of (etyl) , alteration of (etyl) paenitere.Verb
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*Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Adjective
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* (l) (rare)Verb
(en verb)- Ye shall weep and lament , but the world shall rejoice.
Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:
- By the end, Sunderland were lucky to lose by the same scoreline Northampton Town suffered against Southampton, in 1921. The Sunderland manager, Gus Poyet, lamented that it was “the most embarrassed I’ve ever been on a football pitch, without a doubt”.
- One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes.