If he does teshuva ( repentance ), i. e. he ceases his forbidden actions, regrets what he has done, apologizes to God, and makes a binding resolution never to repeat those actions, he is seen to be forgiven by God.

Bayta explains that she regrets her actions, but the secret had to be kept from the Mule at all costs.

He showed some regrets over his cruelty, built the Yongle bell, but still had about thirty beautiful women hanged to be buried with him after he died.

If the ticket-buyer regrets buying the ticket, the current decision should be based on whether he wants to see the movie at all, regardless of the price, just as if he were to go to a free movie.

" On those rare occasions when Kermit must be away from the theater, he invariably leaves Fozzie in charge of the show, although he equally invariably regrets it.

There is, however, a curious passage in a letter from Boileau to Racine in which he regrets that " nature has not made La Bruyère as agreeable as he would like to be.

Genji couldn't reject this offer because of his affection for Fujitsubo, but Onna san no miya was so young that she turned out to be too naïve, and he was very disappointed and had many regrets.

Faced with the knowledge that he would repeat every action that he has taken, an overman would be elated as he has no regrets and loves life.

His wife talked to him at that point and convinced him to think about it for a length of time before deciding one way or the other, so there would be no regrets later on down the road.

When a person regrets an earlier action or failure to act, it may be because of remorse or in response to various other consequences, including being punished for the act or omission.

However, Lord Falconer has since said to the House of Lords Constitution Committee that he now " regrets " campaigning for the historic role of Lord Chancellor to be abolished.

I hope you may still be spared to raise it on her behalf according to your conceptions of what is best, for while we go on struggling for our own views, there can be nothing but regrets on our part of the sharpness of division in the past ".

However, Kornbluth regrets his actions after he learns that Madison is due to be studied and dissected, as he just wanted to prove that he wasn't crazy.

In the prologue to La Relación, his account of his shipwreck and travels in North America, Cabeza de Vaca refers to his forefather's service to the King, and regrets that his own deeds could not be as great, as he thought.

2009 brought an announcement that he would be working on his third album amidst his regrets over hearing Jay-Z had stepped down as Def Jam president.

Okonkwo truly has good intentions, but his need to be in control and his fear that other men will sense weakness in him drive him to make decisions, whether consciously or subconsciously, that he regrets as he progresses through his life.

: That this House agrees that on the separation of parents, priority should be given to the interests of the children ; believes that it is in the best interests of all children for both parents to be fully involved in their upbringing and hence that separated parents should each have a legal presumption of reasonable contact with their children, except where a child's safety would be at risk, so that children are able to benefit from being parented by both their parents, as well as from contact with any grandparents and extended family members able and willing to play a role in their upbringing ; regrets the Government's opposition to such a legal presumption, which will lead to yet more children being denied access to both their parents and their extended families ; views with concern the Government's failure to implement the Early Intervention Project ; and calls on the Government to replace the legal term ' contact ' with ' parenting time ', to introduce a legal presumption of co-parenting and to introduce early intervention in parental separation, with court-backed mediation and guidelines on parenting-time.

" The parting may be cruel and mercenary -- but regrets -- well, hardly any.

Stu gets medical treatment at a local ambulance ; as he does, a man with a briefcase ( Kiefer Sutherland ) passes by and says that he regrets killing the pizza deliverer and warns Stu that if his newfound honesty does not last, he will be hearing from him again.

Vanderberg regrets the damage his men have caused inadvertently, but is concerned that there will be thousands of those " things " crawling around.

* Bill Watterson, creator of beloved ' Calvin and Hobbes ' comic strip looks back with no regrets 2010 interview by John Campanelli, The Plain Dealer

Victor in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein manifests hubris in his attempt to become a great scientist by causing life through technological means, but eventually regrets this previous desire.

His character as a munificent patron of literature-which has made his name a household word-is gratefully acknowledged by the recipients of it and attested by the regrets of the men of letters of a later age, expressed by Martial and Juvenal.

He regrets this shortly afterwards and reconciles with Amelia, who has been deeply hurt by his attentions towards her former friend.

He was haunted to the end by bitter regrets and by painful memories of the battle at which he lost everything ; Napoleon's last words, addressed to Dr. Henri Conneau standing by his deathbed, reportedly were, " Were you at Sedan?

Hob, now going by Robbie, complains about the fair's sugar-coated depiction of the past, and regrets his past as a slaver.

After a brusque hearing before a military tribunal, he and the Count are both sentenced to the firing squad the next morning, by an officer who obviously regrets the task.

I Never Sang for My Father is a 1970 American film, based on a play by the same name, which tells the story of a college professor who wants to get out from under the thumb of his aging father yet still has regrets about his plan to leave him behind when he marries a younger woman and moves to California.

One of Carter's regrets was allowing Sadat to claim that he could speak for Hussein if Jordan refused to join the talks, but by then the damage was done to the Jordanians.

" Arendt believed that people who are unfamiliar with the process of silent critical reflection about what they say and do will not mind contradicting themselves by an immoral act or crime, since they can " count on its being forgotten the next moment ;" bad people are not full of regrets.

He nonetheless regrets having Kenshin do the dirty work for him after Kenshin's affair with Tomoe Yukishiro ( in Tsuiokuhen, he actively encouraged Tomoe to stand by Kenshin to serve as a calming influence ), which ended in her death.

At times I was troubled by fears that I wasn't doing things the right way, that I would have regrets, or that someone else had performed a certain procedure successfully but had never bothered to write it up for the medical journals, or if they had I couldn't find it.

He married young and has no regrets, although by the third series he is suffering from a mid-life crisis.

Influenced by bands like Cabaret Voltaire, Killing Joke, and The Cure, the EP is described by Our Band Could Be Your Life author Michael Azerrad as " cold, dark, and resolutely unlistenable ", with the lyrics describing crack addicts and child abusers, and Albini later regarded the effort as one of his few artistic regrets.

Since the Napster ordeal, Ulrich was quoted by LAUNCHcast as having some regrets:

At the same time, he regrets the fact that roads, nowadays, are mostly used by cars, leaving little space to walk.

There were redundancies and downsizing ; staff members who retired or left for other jobs were replaced by people on contract, often short-term contract, and it ’ s difficult to build a career, or a life, like that .” Even Marmaduke Hussey, who appointed Birt to his BBC role, later claimed to have regrets: " If I'd been reappointed as chairman I would have got rid of him.

Israel profoundly regrets the loss of human life at Kana and has thoroughly investigated this tragic incident which was caused, first and foremost, by the firing of Katyusha rockets and mortars by Hizbullah from a location in close proximity to the UN position ; We reiterate that the IDF had no intention whatsoever of firing on the UN position at Kana.

The withdrawal from the FA Cup, however, drew considerable criticism as this weakened the tournament's prestige and Alex Ferguson has since admitted his regrets in how they handled the situation.

To express my deepest regrets to all DPP members and supporters, I announce my withdrawal from the DPP immediately.

He regrets blessing her for the three drinks of milk which is apparent in the exchange between the Morrígan and Cúchulainn, " She gave him milk from the third teat, and her leg was healed.

He regrets having lost everything, but then Parson Glennie receives a letter from Aldobrand.

Evander regrets that the frailty of old age keeps him from fighting at Aeneas's side, and reminisces about the warrior deeds of his youth:

The book, titled Ketika Nurani Bicara ( When Conscience Speaks ), tells about the bombing from the perspective of three people: a volunteer who helped evacuate a bombing victim who lost her husband in the blast ; the victim who struggled to raise her children without her husband ; and a terrorist who regrets his involvement in the bombing.

Zhou Enlai publicly expressed regrets about the incident, while Zhang privately told others he felt the CPC had betrayed him, insofar as his actions had saved the CPC from annihilation but they had put Zhang in custody anyway.

Later, asked if she had any regrets about the operation, Willcox said: " No. The morning I woke up from the operation I was in tears, I felt I'd interfered with my femininity ; but since then, no.

During questions from the Belgian parliamentary commission into this decision he repeatedly acknowledged no regrets about the decision.

He loves Ramona fiercely, and regrets having taken her away from relative comfort in return for " bootless " wandering.

However in the end, Stryfe regrets the path and choices he has made in his life, freed Bishop from the entity and sacrifices himself to save the Earth from La Bete Noir.

Just before Baby Diana arrives, the great-aunt-to-be reveals that much of her hostility towards the world stems from the fact that she's infertile ; this incapability is one of her very few regrets in life.

* Some of the mumbles during " Honor Thy Father " are taken from Paul Thomas Anderson's film Magnolia, in the scene when Jason Robards ' character is talking to Philip Seymour Hoffman's character about his regrets in life.

Schulz expressed no regrets at dropping Shermy from the cast, remarking many years later that it had gotten to the point by then where he only used Shermy in situations where he " needed a character with very little personality.