My mother always told me the proverb 'marry in haste, repent at leisure' when she saw someone rushing into marriage.

The villagers whispered about the repentaunces of the former priest, unsure whether his sorrow was genuine or merely for show.

He looked repentingly at the broken vase, promising to be more careful next time.

When reading the medieval manuscript aloud, the scholar paused at the archaic word repentaunce and explained to the students that it meant repentance.

If thou repentest now, swift mercy may embrace thee.

He stared at the broken vase repentantly, knowing he should have been more careful.

Seeing the suffering he had caused, he repenteth and vows to mend his ways.