From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrepentantre‧pen‧tant /rɪˈpentənt/ adjective formalSORRY/APOLOGIZEsorry for something wrong that you have doneOPP unrepentantExamples from the Corpusrepentant• He did so, and also taught her to be repentant.• Joveseized his thunderbolt and hurled it at the rash, repentantdriver.• If it makes it to the screen, expect a softer, more repentant Lorraine Page.• It is the sign of a repentantspirit.• The predator must become a repentantsteward.• Although anything less repentant than the way he was looking at her now, Folly thought, would be hard to imagine.• However, there is no guarantee that only the genuinerepentant will produce works of value to the society.• That evening brought a repentant young husband, flowers and wine, an evening to themselves.
