marry in haste, repent at leisure
Getting married too soon will lead to a bad marriage.
repent
/ɹɪˈpɛnt/
verb 5adj 1
Collocations
3(verb.)
ADV
bitterly
He bitterly repented his decision to leave school at sixteen.
VERB + REPENT
come to
After years of ignoring her advice, he finally came to repent his stubbornness.
PREP
of
He deeply repented of the harsh words he had spoken to his friend.
Definitions
verb
1
To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
2
To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
... Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
3
To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
If Aljunied decides to go that way (to vote for the Workers' Party), well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.
4
To be sorry for, to regret.
I repent my sins.
And what I ſaid in time of our buſines I repent not, And if it were to ſpeake againe, Euerie word ſhould be a whole ſermon, So much I repent me.
5
To cause to have sorrow or regret.
at that time she wolde nat, she seyde, for she was syke and myght nat ryde. "That me repentith," seyde the kynge[…].
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
adj
1
Creeping along the ground.
The pennated, repent and ferine entities of the boscage, are ousels, shellducks, […] and ursine quadrupeds.
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Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Wiktionary02
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast
Wiktionary03
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Wiktionary04
The pennated, repent and ferine entities of the boscage, are ousels, shellducks, […] and ursine quadrupeds.
Wiktionary05
We never repent having eaten too little.
Tatoeba · #2313206
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Tatoeba · #66984Usage Notes
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