Penance - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpenəns|
Brit.
|ˈpenəns|
noun
- remorse for your past conduct (syn: penitence, repentance)
- a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
- voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing (syn: self-abasement)
- a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
- voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing (syn: self-abasement)
Extra examples
He did charitable work as a penance.
He did public penance for his overhasty criticism.
We prayed and did penance together.
Working in the garden was a kind of penance.
...a king who was once obliged to do public penance for the remittal of his sins...
Word forms
noun
singular: penance
plural: penances
singular: penance
plural: penances
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