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1Penance (as a Virtue) — • Penance designates (1) a virtue; (2) a sacrament of the New Law; (3) a canonical punishment inflicted according to the earlier discipline of the Church; (4) a work of satisfaction enjoined upon the recipient of the sacrament. Catholic… …
2penance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ public VERB + PENANCE ▪ do, pay ▪ Has anyone ever paid a higher penance for telling a lie? PREPOSITION ▪ …
3penance — UK [ˈpenəns] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms penance : singular penance plural penances punishment or suffering that you accept, especially because of your religious beliefs, to show that you are sorry for something bad that you have …
4penance — pen|ance [ˈpenəns] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Medieval Latin poenitentia, from Latin paenitere; PENITENT1] 1.) [C usually singular, U] something that you must do to show that you are sorry for something you have done wrong,… …
5penance — pen|ance [ penəns ] noun count or uncount punishment or suffering that you accept, especially because of your religious beliefs, to show that you are sorry for something bad that you have done: penance for: He believed the death of his child was… …
6penance — noun 1 (C, U) the action of willingly making yourself suffer, especially for religious reasons, to show you are sorry for having done something wrong: do penance (for): Bianca has confessed and done penance for her sins. 2 (singular) something… …
7penance — n. to do, perform penance for * * * [ penəns] perform penance for to do …
8penance — [[t]pe̱nəns[/t]] penances N VAR If you do penance for something wrong that you have done, you do something that you find unpleasant to show that you are sorry. ...a time of fasting, penance and pilgrimage... The Koran recommends fasting as a… …
9Penance — is repentance of sins as well as the proper name of the Catholic and Orthodox Christian Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation/Confession. The word penance derives from Old French and Latin poenitentia , both of which derive from the same root… …
10Penance — Pen ance, n. [OF. penance, peneance, L. paenitentia repentance. See {Penitence}.] 1. Repentance. [Obs.] Wyclif (Luke xv. 7). [1913 Webster] 2. Pain; sorrow; suffering. [Obs.] Joy or penance he feeleth none. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. (Eccl.) A… …
