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DictionaryRoot: re-
Latin

re-

back, again; restoration or reversal

Forms

  • re-
  • red- — An early Latin form used before vowels and h.

Origin

Its ancestry before Latin is uncertain.

Note

In some old compounds the prefix adds emphasis, while in others its separate contribution has become unclear.

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A text-free three-moment sequence shows the same man angrily kicking another man's potted plant over, confronting the damage with visible remorse, and then carefully repotting the plant while its owner watches.
verb

repent

rih-PENT/rɪˈpent/

To feel sincere regret for wrongdoing and resolve to change.

Etymology
reLatinback, again; restoration or reversal
+pentLatinto make sorry

The underlying idea is being made sorry, with re- perhaps intensifying the feeling. To repent is to feel that sorrow deeply enough to change one's mind or conduct.

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