repent
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A column is a recurring opportunity to err in plain sight, then repent, Doyle McManus says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2025
He asked the judge questions at his sentencing, including, “Does the record reflect that I repent in my sins?”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2024
There would have been a time that I would have had to plan for eating like this — and there would have been a time I would've felt like I had to repent.
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2023
"Not only do I not repent any of this, I am proud of it," he added.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2023
Yet I knew all the time, if I yielded now, I should not the less be made to repent, some day, of my former rebellion.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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