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1. (n.) penance
a punishment undergone as penitence for sin.
2. penance
a penitential discipline imposed by church authority.
3. penance
a sacrament, as in the Roman Catholic Church, consisting of confession, repentance, and forgiveness for one's sins.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME penaunce < AF; OF peneance < L paenitentiapenitence)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) repentance, penitence, penance
remorse for your past conduct
2. (noun) penance
a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
3. (noun) penance, self-mortification, self-abasement
voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) penance
repentance
2. (noun) penance
pain; sorrow; suffering
3. (noun) penance
a means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church
4. (verb) penance
to impose penance; to punish
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. penance
in the Roman Catholic Church an expression of penitence as well as the sacrament of absolution; also the suffering to which a penitent voluntarily subjects himself, according to the schoolmen, as an expression of his penitence, and in punishment of his sin; the three steps of penitence were contrition, confession, and satisfaction.
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Sense: punishment that a person suffers willingly to show that he is sorry for something wrong he has done
He did penance for his sins.
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 Afrikaans: boetedoening |
 Arabic: كَفّارَه، تَكْفير |
 Bulgarian: покаяние |
 Brazilian: penitência |
 Czech: pokání |
 German: die Buße |
 Danish: bod |
 Greek: αυτοτιμωρία |
 Spanish: penitencia |
 Estonian: patukahetsus |
 Farsi: ریاضت |
 Finnish: katumusharjoitus |
 French: pénitence |
 Hebrew: סִיגוּפִים |
 Hindi: प्रायश्चित्त |
 Croatian: činiti pokoru za, zadati |
 Hungarian: bűnbánat |
 Indonesian: hukuman |
 Icelandic: yfirbót |
 Italian: penitenza |
 Japanese: 償い |
 Korean: 속죄 |
 Lithuanian: atgaila |
 Latvian: grēku izpirkšana/nožēloša |
 Malay: penebusan |
 Dutch: boete |
 Norwegian: bot(søving) |
 Polish: pokuta |
 Persian: ریاضت |
 Pashto: توبه، پښيماني |
 Portuguese: penitência |
 Romanian: penitenţă |
 Russian: покаяние |
 Slovak: pokánie |
 Slovenian: pokora |
 Serbian: pokora |
 Swedish: botgöring |
 Thai: การสำนึกบาป |
 Turkish: kefaret |
 Taiwanese: 苦行，贖罪 |
 Ukrainian: епітимія |
 Urdu: توبہ، کفارہ |
 Vietnamese: sự ăn năn hối lỗi |
 Chinese: （赎罪的）苦行，苦修 |
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