repent

If you did something good, rejoice, something bad, repent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

He urged "those who organise death routes, traffic in human beings" to "stop and repent", raising his voice for emphasis as the crowd applauded.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

For these reasons, and for all my aforementioned principles about allowing people to repent for their mistakes, I don’t think Platner should drop out of the race.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

The passage is often invoked by Christian conservatives in the US, and is interpreted to be a call for citizens to repent and for God to bless the nation.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

“Before this matter proceeds any further,” Lemuel interrupted, “What is the girl’s sin? What is she required to repent of?”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Grinch boosters point out that the villain repents and reforms at the end of the story, shedding his pathological hatred of Christmas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025

The assumption is that Brady surely repents of the decision to return and that he is “a shell of himself,” as commentator Rex Ryan hazarded, and indeed he seems thin to the point of sickness.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022

Welby, spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, called for a "global financial architecture which repents of its past sins", including changes in tax rules to promote green activity.

From Reuters ● Oct. 4, 2021

That particular reality is redeemed in narrative terms — Scrooge repents and Tiny Tim doesn't die after all — but the observation stands, and we all know how the story ends in the long run.

From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2021

In that uncertainty, it seemed to me more becoming to say nothing about that episode; one never repents having been discreet.

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de

In several cases, countries that arrived at trade deals with the U.S. later repented because their deals were too one-sided, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

Among the foreign women held in the camps, many have repented and asked to go home, she said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026

Touching briefly on Paxton's affair, Buzbee framed the suspended attorney general as an imperfect man who had repented.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2023

He added he had "personally repented for this error" and said he should have "respectfully declined" the invitation to attend the event.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2023

It seemed Leah was correct; the spirit would not answer unless Lizzie repented.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

He spoke of Sauron repenting “if only out of fear.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

So, there’s a deeper meditation where you are repenting, not only for him but for the dynamics that are happening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

Earlier this month, the National Association of Evangelicals issued a statement repenting for shortcomings in combating poverty and racial inequality.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2020

At one moment—around the time of his mother’s death—he is pulled back toward his inherited faith, repenting his lust for worldly success and begging forgiveness from God.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 14, 2019

Now repenting of their wickedness, the Bible explains, the tribes resolved to “go to a distant land never yet inhabited by man, and there at last to be obedient to their laws.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann