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pen⋅ance
[pen-uh
ns]
–noun
| 1. | a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin. |
| 2. | a penitential discipline imposed by church authority. |
| 3. | a sacrament, as in the Roman Catholic Church, consisting in a confession of sin, made with sorrow and with the intention of amendment, followed by the forgiveness of the sin. |
Related forms:
pen⋅ance⋅less, adjective
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Penance
Pen"ance\, n. [OF. penance, peneance, L. paenitentia repentance. See Penitence.]1. Repentance. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Luke xv. 7). 2. Pain; sorrow; suffering. [Obs.] "Joy or penance he feeleth none." --Chaucer. 3. (Eccl.) 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. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc. And bitter penance, with an iron whip. --Spenser. Quoth he, "The man hath penance done, And penance more will do." --Coleridge.Penance
Pen"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penanced.] To impose penance; to punish. "Some penanced lady elf." --Keats.
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Language Translation for : penance
Spanish:
penitencia,
German:
die Buße,
Japanese:
償い
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penance
c.1290, "religious discipline or self-mortification as a token of repentance and as atonement for some sin," from Anglo-Fr. penaunce, O.Fr. penance, from L. pænitentia (see penitence). Transf. sense is recorded from c.1305.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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