repent

Questions about repent

What does repent mean?

repent means "turn away from sin or do penitence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in repent?

repent has 2 syllables: re-pent. The stress falls on "pent". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈpɛnt/.

What is another word for repent?

Close synonyms include atone, regret, rue. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is repent a common word?

repent is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with repent?

1 word rhymes with repent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.