Penance

What do we mean by penance?

An act of self-mortification or devotion performed voluntarily to show sorrow for a sin or other wrongdoing. noun

A sacrament in some Christian churches that includes contrition, confession to a priest, acceptance of punishment, and absolution. noun

To impose penance upon. transitive verb

To inflict penance upon; discipline by penance.

Penitence; repentance. noun

Sorrow for sin shown by outward acts; self-punishment expressive of penitence or repentance; the suffering to which a person voluntarily subjects himself, as by fasting, flagellation, self-imposed tasks, etc., as an expression of penitence; the outward acts by which sorrow for sin is shown. noun

Eccles., sorrow for sin shown by outward acts under authority and regulation of the church; contrition manifested by confession and satisfaction and entitling to absolution; hence, absolution ensuing upon contrition and confession with satisfaction or purpose of satisfaction. noun

The penalty or discipline imposed by the priest in the above sacrament. noun

Hence Any act of austerity or asceticism practised with a religious motive. noun

Suffering; sorrow; misery. noun

An instrument or means of self-punishment used by persons undergoing penance either inflicted or voluntary. noun

To show one's self repentant by submitting to the punishment of censure or suffering. noun

Repentance. noun

Pain; sorrow; suffering. noun

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, imposed by a confessor or other ecclesiastical authority. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church. noun

Any act performed by a person to atone for an offense to another; an act of atonement. noun

To impose penance; to punish. transitive verb

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

A sacrament in some Christian churches. noun

To impose penance; to punish. verb

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

A sacrament in some Christian churches.

Any instrument of self-punishment.

Repentance

Pain; sorrow; suffering

Words that are spelled similarly to penance:
penance, penzance, tenance, pennance.

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Nouns that are often described by the adjective penance:
cruel.

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