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How to pronounce “repent”

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Pronunciation guide for repent

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of repent with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: An Ethicist’s Guide to Living a Good Lifewhere Rabbi Eliezer says that you should repent one day before you die.
Definition summary: (intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".

Example 1 of 8

An Ethicist’s Guide to Living a Good Life

where Rabbi Eliezer says that you should repent one day before you die.

[Verb]
(intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
(theology, intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
(transitive) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
(transitive) To be sorry for, to regret.
(archaic, transitive) To cause to have sorrow or regret.
(obsolete, reflexive) To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.
(archaic, intransitive) To change one's mind.
[Adjective]
(chiefly botany) Creeping along the ground.