repent
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Trying to Repent: You can — and do — feel genuine remorse for your behavior.
From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2021
He was embodying the spirit of the prophet behind his surname, John the Baptist: Repent of big chains, and prepare the way for small businesses to survive.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2020
In a video posted by the People’s Daily, an officer with a megaphone shouted in Cantonese, which is spoken in Hong Kong, “Stop the violence! Repent and be saved!”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 25, 2019
A religious group called Repent America staged a sit-in at city hall last Friday.
From Time Magazine Archive
What Christ said Upon this the Lord Christ spake unto it with the Voice of his Grace, and said: Repent and forsake Vanity, and thou shalt attain My Grace.
From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Böhme, Jakob
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