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Collocations for repent - verb

ADVERB

genuinely, sincerely, truly
In order to be saved one must truly repent.

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VERB + repent

come to
He came to repent his hasty decision.

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PREPOSITION

for (esp. AmE), of
I will spend the rest of my life trying to repent for my actions.
She has repented of her sins.

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Repent is used with these nouns as the object:
sin

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