repentance
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When Lyra was younger, he had taken an interest in her spiritual welfare, only to be confounded by her sly indifference and insincere repentances.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Of course the subject had to be illuminated by monkish tales and death-bed repentances.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
In the Pistis Sophia document, the Sophia, or the soul turning towards the Light, first utters seven repentances, or “turnings-of-the-mind,” or rather of the whole nature.
From The Gnostic Crucifixion by Mead, G. R. S.
“I am sorry I said you were a coward,” she added, with one of her quick repentances.
From Madge Morton's Victory by Chalmers, Amy D. V.
I relate rather a complicated fact in a very few words when I say that the poor lady's anxieties, indignations, repentances, preyed upon her until they fairly broke her down.
From Georgina's Reasons by James, Henry
Vocabulary lists containing repentance
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