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repentance

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


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The biggest test could come on the second day of Hajj, when pilgrims gather for prayer and repentance at Mount Arafat, a granite hill and surrounding plains at the edge of Mecca.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

So that ashen cross proves an appropriate start to Lent’s season of repentance: a time to get things right in your life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The man responsible for two extremely graphic videos, Wang Chaoyi, was detained for 15 days by the Chinese authorities and forced to issue a "letter of repentance".

From BBC • Aug. 3, 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

A prosecutor said that he was now someone “whose mind is at ease because he has relieved his tortured soul of a terrible secret and now seeks repentance and forgiveness.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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