English-Swedish translations for repent

  • ångra
    Så jag kommer för egen del inte att ångra mig, och jag kommer garanterat inte att göra gemensam sak med Philip Bushill-Matthews på onsdag.So I, for one, will not repent and I will certainly not join Mr Bushill-Matthews on Wednesday. Jag välkomnar därför syftet med paketet men jag hoppas att vi inte i framtiden kommer att ångra de metoder som vi har använt.I therefore welcome this package's aims, but I hope that we will not in the future be forced to repent the means that we have used. Rådet tycks förnuftigt nog ta ett steg tillbaka och tycks lyssna på det gamla talesättet ”den som gifter sig i hast får gott om tid att ångra sig”.The Council seems to be very sensibly pulling back from the brink and listening to that old adage, 'marry in haste, repent at leisure'.

Definition of repent

  • To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of
  • To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love
  • To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow
  • To cause to have sorrow or regret
  • To cause to feel pain or regret
  • Creeping along the ground

Examples

  • If youre a true Muslim, you should repent to Allah
  • I repent my sins

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