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repentance

ri pen tuhns

  • n  remorse for your past conduct

  • Do you understand that word, repentance?" Gingrich made it clear he did: "Absolutely .
  • The Holy See declined to say if the allegations proved true, but called on Maciel to live a life of "prayer and repentance" and restricted him from publicly celebrating the .
  • Thither was escorted Alderman, full of repentance and new-found "religion.
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  • Rowan Williams in AFP
    There hasn't been a feeling of closure about what happened last year,Williams told BBC's Newsnight programme. "There hasn't been what I would, as a Christian, call repentance. We haven't heard people saying 'well actually, no, we got it...
  • Adam Gadahn in News 10NBC
    During the rest of the 50-minute video, titled "An Invitation to Reflection and Repentance," Gadahn, who was raised in California, spoke mostly in English, appearing to specifically address the American people.
  • Pope Benedict XVI in New York Times
    I have to say that we Christians, even in recent times, have often avoided the word 'repentance,' which seems too harsh,Benedict said at a Mass later broadcast on Vatican Radio.

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