Look up: penance

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   penance
   [n] - voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing 2. [n] - a Catholic sacrament
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   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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   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 penance he feeleth none.' Chaucer. 3. (Eccl.) A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting p ...
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   Penance
   Pen'ance transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Penanced .] To impose penance; to punish. 'Some penanced lady elf.' Keats.
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   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. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Ca ...
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   penance
   self-mortification noun voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
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   Penance
   `Penance` is repentance of sins as well as the proper name of the Catholic Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation/Confession. The word `penance` derives from Old French and Latin `poenitentia`, both of which derive from the same root meaning repentance, the desire to be forgiven; (in English see (contrition)). Penance and repentance, similar in their derivation and original sense, have come to symbolize conflicting views of the essence of repent...
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   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.) Repentance. • (n.) Pain; sorrow; suffering...
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   penance
   
   1. remorse for your past conduct
   2. a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution
   3. voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
   
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    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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