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penance Noun 1. voluntary self-punishment to make amends for a sin 2. RC Church a sacrament in which repentant sinners are forgiven provided they confess their sins to a priest and perform a penance [Latin paenitentia repentance]
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penance noun atonement, punishment, penalty, reparation, expiation, sackcloth and ashes, self-punishment, self-mortification Translations n penance [ˈpenəns] punishment that a person suffers willingly to show that he is sorry for something wrong he has done He did penance for his sins. boetedoening كَفّارَه، تَكْفير покаяние pokání bod die Buße αυτοτιμωρία penitencia patukahetsus ریاضت katumus pénitence סִיגוּפִים प्रायश्चित्त činiti pokoru za,zadati pokoru bűnbánat hukuman yfirbót penitenza 償い 참회, 회개 atgaila grēku izpirkšana/nožēlošana penebusan boete bot(søving) pokuta penitência penitenţă покаяние pokánie pokora pokora botgöring การสำนึกบาป kefaret 贖罪的苦刑 епітимія توبہ، کفارہ sự ăn năn hối lỗi 赎罪的苦刑 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There be monks in Russia, for penance, that will sit a whole night in a vessel of water, till they be engaged with hard ice. That is my crime, Father Brown, and I don't know what penance you would inflict for it. Goddard's accordingly the very next day, to undergo the necessary penance of communication; and a severe one it was. |
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