repentance
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But it would take George Floyd's murder by a white police officer to spur the Church on to speed up its examination of ties to historic slavery and explore some form of repentance.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
In my view, there’s no contradiction because wearing ashes in public, unlike righteous acts of giving alms, fasting and praying in public, is a sign that we are sinners and in need of repentance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
It says this is a "recognition of the need for repentance, humility and lament".
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025
In the meantime, this aggressively revisionist supermarket, as indicated in Butler’s novel, has become part pharmacy, part a site of repentance for past consumption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
In less time than it took me to say the Lord’s Prayer, he had worked himself into a frenzy that sent the congregation to its feet, moaning their repentance and the ecstasy of redemption.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Vocabulary lists containing repentance
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