🇬🇧🇨🇳 repent - 悔改 : English Lesson

Meaning of "repent" ("悔改"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

To repent means you feel truly sorry for something wrong you did, you wish you hadn’t done it, and you try to fix it or do better next time.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I had to repent for eating all the cookies by baking a new batch—then repenting again.

I promised to repent for yelling at my alarm clock by actually waking up when it rang... well, maybe starting tomorrow.

I had to repent after I “accidentally” ate my brother’s cake, the frosting, and even the crumbs on the plate.

I promised to repent for scaring my sister with a rubber spider by making her a peace treaty made of chocolate.

The cat did not repent for knocking over the plant; instead, she sat in the dirt like a tiny, unashamed dragon.

He smashed the old jar; glass glittered in the sun. He wanted to repent, to truly repent. To repent he ran to the neighbor, coins in shaking hands. He knelt, "I repent, I repent, I will fix it." The neighbor looked at the broken pieces, saw his eyes, and smiled, then they repaired the jar together.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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