repentance
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One common answer notes that sackcloth and ashes have been since biblical times a sign of repentance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
It says this is a "recognition of the need for repentance, humility and lament".
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
Full reconciliation with someone who has wronged us is conditional on his repentance, his reform and his making restitution if necessary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
This 10-day stretch ends with Yom Kippur, a day of fasting, repentance and commemoration of the dead.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024
Meme managed to repent her impulse in a fraction of a second, but the repentance changed immediately into a cruel satisfaction on seeing that his hand too was sweaty and cold.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing repentance
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