пока́яться — meaning in English

English meaning

• confess verb To admit that you have done something wrong, or that something is true.
• repent verb To feel deep regret for something wrong you have done, often wanting to change.

Senses

пока́яться is used for these senses in English:

• confess (intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
• repent (intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
• repent (theology, intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.

confess — full definition

1. verb To admit that you have done something wrong, or that something is true.
2. verb To tell a priest about your sins as part of a religious practice.

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