Repentance has 3 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Short pleasure, long repentance. | |
| 2. | His face expresses deep sorrow and repentance. | |
| 3. | Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful; it ends all. | |
| 4. | The priest went into the confessional blindfolded. He didn't want to see the sinner; he wanted to guide him for his repentance. | |
| 5. | There can be no redemption without repentance. | |
| 6. | The door of repentance to God is open. | |
| 7. | Shame is better than repentance. | |
| 8. | That she might internally feel compunction, and reconcile herself with Heaven, whom she had offended, we will not, and we dare not, deny; but to those around her she did not evince the slightest symptom either of repentance or remorse. In all external appearance she bore the same bold, haughty, unbending character which she had displayed before these unhappy events. | |
| 9. | Fasting without prayer and repentance is just dieting. | |
| 10. | Is repentance still possible? |