repentir
French → English
(emotion) Repentance: a feeling of sincere regret or remorse for a past wrong action; regret
J’ai ramené au bien et au repentir des misérables qui avaient voulu m’attaquer.
(English) I brought back to goodness and repentance wretches who had wanted to attack me.
Ravir à l’homme la possibilité d'expier son forfait par son repentir est cruel.
(English) Depriving a man of the possibility of atoning for his crime through his repentance is cruel.
(art) Pentimento: a visible trace of an earlier version or change made by the artist underneath a painting
Il y a des repentirs dans ce tableau où l'on devine un autre visage sous le portrait.
(English) There are pentimenti in this painting where one can guess at another face under the portrait.
L'expert a découvert un repentir montrant que le bras du cavalier était initialement plus haut.
(English) The expert discovered a pentimento showing that the rider's arm was initially higher.
Entry ID: fr:en:repentir · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary