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repentance

[ri-pen-tns, -pen-tuhns] / rɪˈpɛn tns, -ˈpɛn təns /


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Special prayers are recited, and the liturgy’s imagery focuses on repentance and seeking forgiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

“We open the door to teshuva,” said David Wolpe, a rabbi in Los Angeles, using the Hebrew word for repentance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

But it would take George Floyd's murder by a white police officer to spur the Church on to speed up its examination of ties to historic slavery and explore some form of repentance.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

The man responsible for two extremely graphic videos, Wang Chaoyi, was detained for 15 days by the Chinese authorities and forced to issue a "letter of repentance".

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025

Already he was polishing a few carefully worded accusations designed to reduce his mother to repentance or, at least, confusion.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole


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