Look up: penance

1. penance
   [n] - voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing 2. [n] - a Catholic sacrament
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2. penance
   Roman Catholic sacrament, involving confession of sins and receiving absolution, and works performed (or punishment self-inflicted) in atonement for sin. Penance is worked out nowadays in terms of...
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3. Penance
   Pen'ance noun [ Old French penance , peneance , Latin paenitentia repentance. See Penitence .] 1. Repentance. [ Obsolete] Wyclif (Luke xv. 7). 2. Pain; sorrow; suffering. [ Obsolete] 'Joy or pena...
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4. Penance
   Pen'ance transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Penanced .] To impose penance; to punish. 'Some penanced lady elf.' Keats.
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5. penance
   1. Repentance. ... 2. Pain; sorrow; suffering. 'Joy or penance he feeleth none.' ... 3. 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. Penan...
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6. penance
   self-mortification noun voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
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7. Penance
   • (n.) 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. • (n...
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8. penance
   
   • remorse for your past conduct
   • a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution
   • voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
   
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9. penance
   penance (pen'uns) , sacrament of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Eastern churches. By it the penitent (the person receiving the sacrament) is absolved of his or her sins by a confessor (the person hearing the confession and conferring the sacrament). Every Catholic is required to confess all his...
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10. penance
    Roman Catholic sacrament, involving confession of sins and receiving absolution, and works performed (or punishment self-inflicted) in atonement for sin. Penance is worked out nowadays in terms of good deeds rather than routine repetition of prayers
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11. Penance
    :"Penitent" redirects here. For the glacial formation, see "penitentes". `Penance` is repentance of sins as well as the proper name of the Roman Catholic, Orthodox Christian, and Anglican Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation/Confession. It also plays a part in non-sacra...
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12. Penance
    (X-Men) image= --> `Hollow` (formerly called `Penance`) is an apparently mindless body which three members of the St Croix family, all members of the Marvel Comics superhero team Generation X, had been trapped in at some time. The body possesses red diamond-like skin and rarely speaks. Fictio...
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13. Penance
    (band) `Penance` was an American doom metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Biography: Penance was born from the ashes of Dream Death, when several members decided to pursue a more traditional doom direction. Dream Death existed during mid eighties and played a mixture of doom, hardcore a...
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