repentance

Example Sentences

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The day marks the beginning of Lent, the most solemn season of repentance in the ecclesiastical year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 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

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

Other actors have come back from similar situations after time and repentance, with independent films more likely to offer him a route than big studios.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2023

His God required deliverance and repentance and full-immersion baptism.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx