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Repentance vs Relenting - What's the difference?

repentance | relenting |

As nouns the difference between repentance and relenting

is that repentance is the condition of being penitent while relenting is the act of one who relents.

As a verb relenting is

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repentance

English

Alternative forms

* repentaunce (archaic)

Noun

(wikipedia repentance) (-)
  • The condition of being penitent.
  • A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.

    • Synonyms

    * compunction * contrition * penitence * remorse * See also

    Related terms

    * repent * repentant * repentantly * repented * repenting

    Anagrams

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    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