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repentance

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


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This insight reminds me of a Lenten devotional piece by Jesuit Rick Ganz, who discloses what motivates repentance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

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

In the meantime, this aggressively revisionist supermarket, as indicated in Butler’s novel, has become part pharmacy, part a site of repentance for past consumption.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

The race is held the day before the start of Lent, the Christian period of repentance and sacrifice before Easter.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

But in spite of all this repentance the rain hadn’t come, and now he told us he refused to be party to the superstitions.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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