Definitions for penance
ˈpɛn ənspenance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. repentance, penitence, penancenoun

   remorse for your past conduct

2. penancenoun

   a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution

3. penance, self-mortification, self-abasementnoun

   voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. penancenoun

   A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.

2. penancenoun

   A sacrament in some Christian churches.

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1. penance

   Penance is an act of self-abasement, mortification, or devotion performed to show sorrow or repentance for sin. It is often linked with religious practices where one seeks forgiveness from God or an act to amend their wrongdoings. The act could be through prayers, good deeds, fasting or other forms of personal sacrifice.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Penancenoun

   repentance

2. Penancenoun

   pain; sorrow; suffering

3. Penancenoun

   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. Penanceverb

   to impose penance; to punish

5. Etymology: [OF. penance, peneance, L. paenitentia repentance. See Penitence.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Penance

   Penance is repentance of sins as well as the proper name of the Roman Catholic, Orthodox Christian, and Anglican Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation/Confession. It also plays a part in non-sacramental confession among Lutherans and other Protestants. The word penance derives from Old French and Latin poenitentia, both of which derive from the same root meaning repentance, the desire to be forgiven. Penance and repentance, similar in their derivation and original sense, have come to symbolize conflicting views of the essence of repentance, arising from the controversy as to the respective merits of "faith" and "good works." Word derivations occur in many languages.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Penance

   pen′ans, n. repentance: external acts performed to manifest sorrow for sin, to seek to atone for the sin and to avert the punishment which, even after the guilt has been remitted, may still remain due to the offence—also the sacrament by which absolution is conveyed (involving contrition, confession, and satisfaction): any instrument of self-punishment.—v.t. to impose penance on: to punish. [O. Fr.; cf. Penitence.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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1. penance

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   • Punishment
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How to pronounce penance?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of penance in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of penance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of penance in a Sentence

1. Barbara Hall:

   But penance need not be paid in suffering...It can be paid in forward motion. Correcting the mistake is a positive move, a nurturing move.

2. Sunayana Dumala:

   I hope in the years that you must spend in the jail you will one day realize the magnitude of your mistake and work towards your penance.

3. Dan Gainor:

   The best thing he can do is drop out of sight for a bit. If Trump wins, it will go hard on him, if he loses, media will let Billy do penance by embracing a few liberal causes and doing the equivalent of going through reeducation.

4. Sean Kelley:

   Prisons are designed to punish, to keep people afraid, to deter, this prison changed everything though. The people who built this prison said 'why not rehabilitate, why not inspire penance?' So they built this building calling it a penitentiary. The prison at that time was state-of-the-art, revolutionary and the most expensive in the world. In operation from 1829 to 1971, thousands passed through the large gates in the 142 years it was in operation. The prisoners included some notorious criminals like Al Capone and bank robber William Slick Willie Sutton. Sutton, in fact, was part of a 1945 jailbreak. He and 11 other prisoners built a tunnel they thought would carry them to freedom. Instead, within months after the well-planned escape, all 12 inmates who broke out were caught and returned. Slick Willie was captured just 3 minutes after breaking free. In operation from 1829 to 1971, thousands passed through the large gates in the 142 years it was in operation. The prisoners included some notorious criminals like Al Capone and bank robber William.

5. Greg Gutfeld:

   He is unifying us. Because we are all getting really, really sick of being told we are a bunch of racist rubes. He has gotten to the point where he is actually inviting outside consultants to tell us that we suck. It is all part of his greater pernicious attitude towards America, we can no longer think we are exceptional because that is racist and xenophobic. Even patriotism stands out as an anomaly. The flag is racist, apple pie is racist. We have seen the stories. ‘America last’ is our penance for being ‘America first.’.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=penance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Penance
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penance
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=penance
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=penance
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Penance