repented
悔い改めた
解説 Definition
repented は repent の過去形・過去分詞です。自分の過ちや罪を後悔し、悔い改めたことを表します。人の性質を形容する場合は repentant がより自然です。
Repented is the past tense and past participle of repent. It indicates that someone felt sincere regret for a wrongdoing or sin and, often, intended to change their conduct rather than merely wishing that an outcome had been different.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
repented は repent「罪や過ちを深く後悔して改心する」の過去形・過去分詞。子音を重ねず -ed を加え、発音は /rɪˈpentɪd/ で -ed が /ɪd/ の一音節になる。単なる regret より、悪かったと認めて態度を改める含みが強い。人の性質には repented でなく repentant が自然。
Link repented to the base verb repent, which means feeling deep remorse for wrongdoing and turning away from it. It is a regular form made by adding -ed without doubling the final consonant. Because repent ends in /t/, the ending is pronounced /ɪd/, giving repented an extra syllable. Remember the common patterns repent of an action and repent after doing harm. Unlike regret, which can concern an inconvenient choice or result, repent often suggests a moral fault, sincere remorse, and a decision to change. To describe a remorseful person’s state or character, repentant is usually more natural.
例文
He repented after hurting his friend.
彼は友人を傷つけたあとで悔い改めました。
She repented of her cruel words.
彼女は自分の残酷な言葉を悔い改めました。
The king repented and asked the people for forgiveness.
王は悔い改め、人々に許しを求めました。
repented の類義語・関連語
repented の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 paenitēre（後悔する）に強意の接頭辞 re- が付いたフランス語 repentir から。paenitēre は poena（罰・苦痛）と同根で、penalty や penitentiary（刑務所）も同源。「罰の痛みを繰り返し感じる」が原義で、深い後悔と改心のニュアンスを持つ。
Repented is the regular past and past-participle form of repent. Repent entered English through Old French repentir and is ultimately connected with Latin paenitere, “to cause regret” or “to be sorry.” Words such as penitent and penitence belong to the same historical group and preserve the association with remorse. Although the spelling may invite a simple modern division into re- plus another English word, repent was inherited as a whole through French rather than newly formed in English.
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