What is teshuvah in English?

Answer 1

The root of the word means return, the leading t and final ah turn it into an abstract noun, referring to the act of returning. The word has come to mean return after having strayed, which is to say, repentance. A central passage in the Jewish daily prayer liturgy thanks God for granting man knowledge, desiring repentance (teshuvah), and granting forgiveness. Without knowledge, we would not know to repent. Without penitence, God could not forgive.