Repentance
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The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrowfor what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition forsin. Chaucer.Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 20.Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God.Hammond.Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from the convictionthat it has offended God. Sorrow, fear, and anxiety are properly notparts, but adjuncts, of repentance; yet they are too closelyconnected with it to be easily separated. Rambler.
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Repentance is when one turns from their sins and wicked ways and puts a submissive faith and trust in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and trusts in Him for their own salvation.
Repentance is not just a guilty feeling, saying you're sorry, or crying tears, although those things might accompany it. True Repentance is not outward reform without inward change.
True repentance is a change of heart towards the sin that one used to love and now hates that results in one turning away from their wicked ways and bearing forth good fruit for God.
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the fact of showing that you are very sorry for something bad you have done in the past, and wish that you had not done it:
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The action of repenting; sincere regret or remorse.
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