Repentance
in example sentence
She, at times, had an inclination to cast herself on her knees and beseech the spectre of Camille to pardon her, while swearing to appease it by
repentance
.
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According to the Catholic Church, there's absolution for any sin as long as there's sincere
repentance.
This attitude is, of course, the very opposite of, say, that of Jonah, who actually resented it when God told him that his preaching to the people of Nineveh would result in their
repentance.
However, minus the
repentance
of the one being forgiven, any forgiveness he may receive from a genuine Christian is not going to do him any good.
Other than that, D & B boasts a good performances by Peck ( especially in the closing
repentance
scene) and by Jayne Meadows as his bitter first wife Michol, vivid, moody atmosphere (good idea to set most action at dawn or night), and the rousing rendition of the Twenty-Third Psalm at the end.
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