Translation
to repent, to rue
Word origin
From Latin paenitere ('to cause regret, to repent'), which gave French repentir and Italian pentirsi. The root is one indivisible piece in Esperanto: pent- is the whole of it, and neither the pen- of peni nor the -ent- an English speaker sees in penitent is a separate part.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- paenitere
- English cognates
- penitent, penance, repent, penitentiary
Examples
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He repented of his mistake and asked for forgiveness.
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She never repented of what she had done.
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The boy repented in front of his mother.
Keep apart from bedaŭri. You a rainy day or a missed train; you something you did and hold yourself answerable for, which is why the word carries a moral and often religious weight English hands to repent. The thing repented of takes or pro, the noun is pento, and pentofari is to do penance. The pent- in it is not the pen- of peni, to take pains, however tempting the pairing looks.
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