repentant
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Synonyms & Antonyms for repentant
Synonyms
apologetic, compunctious, contrite, penitent, regretful, remorseful, rueful, sorry
Antonyms
impenitent, remorseless, unapologetic, unrepentant
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But Edith and Bertie eventually reconciled, with the help of a repentant Mary, leading to a grand Downton Abbey wedding. — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, "Where Did Downton Abbey Leave Off Before the Film?," 1 Sep. 2019 The repentant mogul has already published one book in 2017 about his time in the nick and his autoimmune disease. — The Economist, "Thomas Middelhoff reflects on failure in German business," 22 Aug. 2019 Later in the same June debate, Booker called out Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as insufficiently repentant for previous comments many find anti-transgender. — Philip Elliott, Time, "2020 Hopefuls Are Talking Transgender Rights, Signaling a Political Shift on the Issue," 21 Aug. 2019 But if someone does something wrong and truly has an understanding and is repentant, that’s different. — Anna Silman, The Cut, "7 Actresses on Whether the Men of #MeToo Should Get a Path to Redemption," 1 May 2018 To his supporters, Bell is a model for how a repentant, rehabilitated prisoner can return to society. — Eliott C. Mclaughlin, CNN, "Police, widow blast New York decision to parole 3-time cop killer," 30 Apr. 2018 The party decides which ex-communists are repentant patriots (PiS’s ranks are full of such figures), and which are unreformed enemies of the state. — The Economist, "Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party is doing lasting damage," 21 Apr. 2018 First published in 1976, this is the classic, the urtext, the model for a memoir by an angry or repentant former political official. — Peter Grier, The Christian Science Monitor, "With tell-all, Comey joins club of ex-officials turned scribes," 13 Apr. 2018 One day, King receives a letter from Nathali Malcolm, the now-repentant woman who set him up more than a decade earlier. — Michael Berry, San Antonio Express-News, "Book Down the River 0318," 14 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'repentant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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