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penance
[pen-uhns]
noun
a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin.
a penitential discipline imposed by church authority.
a sacrament, as in the Roman Catholic Church, consisting in a confession of sin, made with sorrow and with the intention of amendment, followed by the forgiveness of the sin.
penance
/ ˈɛəԲ /
noun
voluntary self-punishment to atone for a sin, crime, etc
a feeling of regret for one's wrongdoings
Christianity
a punishment usually consisting of prayer, fasting, etc, undertaken voluntarily as an expression of penitence for sin
a punishment of this kind imposed by church authority as a condition of absolution
verb
(tr) (of ecclesiastical authorities) to impose a penance upon (a sinner)
penance
Acts done to make up for sin. (See confession and indulgence.)
Other 51Թ Forms
- penanceless adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of penance1
Example Sentences
Concluding that Didion left these pages behind so they would eventually take shape as the penance of an unreliable narrator is surely too tidy.
Somewhere deep in the wiring, there was still this belief that a salad, no matter how decadent, was supposed to be a kind of penance.
Mr Sloan said he later built the cathedral at Inch Abbey as "an act of penance" and made that into a Cistercian monastery.
“It was perhaps my penance for having voted for the devil,” he added, shyly admitting to having voted for Duterte.
"Because Friday was the day of the crucifixion, Fridays were always regarded as a day of penance and abstinence," he said.
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