| Metanoia |  |
| noun | 1. Change in one's way of life resulting from penitence or spiritual conversion. |
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 | | "Working with AmeriCorps for a year helped me go through a metanoia after college." | | "I experienced a spiritual metanoia at the meditation retreat." | | "After her metanoia, she continued to share her story of how she turned her life around." |
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 | | Greek, late 16th century |
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 | | Metanoia — a deep and profound change of heart — comes from the Greek "metanoein," meaning "change one's mind." The word has a strong connection to Christian theology, but across the different versions of texts, and depending on which theologian is translating, "metanoia" takes on different connotations. ... |  |
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