- 1悔改、懺悔
Repentance is the state, or the act, of being sorry for something wrong you have done — not a quick I'm sorry, but a deeper turning. In religious talk, repentance is what comes when you see that you were wrong, feel the weight of it, and want to live another way. A person can show repentance by saying the truth, giving something back, or changing how they treat people. Though actually, the word is not only for church: a public figure may speak of repentance after a scandal, and the point is still the same — real sorry, not just being caught. It is a noun, and it feels formal and serious. Everyday speech prefers sorry, guilt, or I feel bad. You will meet repentance most in sermons, in the Bible, and in careful writing about right and wrong.
From the word’s history
From Old French repentance; repent + -ance.
源自古法文 repentance，即 repent（悔改）加 -ance。
組成From Middle English repentance, from Old French repentance. By the look of the English word, repent + -ance (the state or act of).
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
repentancenoun/ɹɪˈpɛntəns/
- 1
The action of repenting, an instance of it, atonement.
- Christine Cooper: It's not wrong to sin. Christ came into this world for the sinners. DCI Tom Barnaby: To call people to repentance, Mrs Cooper.
- 2
The condition of being repentant, penitent, a state of feeling regret or remorse for having done wrong.
- 1678, Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, second period God hath denied me repentance. His words gives me no encouragement to believe.
- And here, shipmates, is true and faithful repentance; not clamorous for pardon, but grateful for punishment.
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