penance
IPA: pˈɛnʌns
noun
- 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.
- (obsolete) repentance
- (obsolete) pain; sorrow; suffering
verb
- To impose penance; to punish.
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Examples of "penance" in Sentences
- The messages emphasize prayer and penance.
- They had to go through the process of penance.
- He decides to go to Rome to seek penance from the Pope.
- Absolution is forgiveness by a priest in the sacrament of penance.
- The Roman Catholic Church believes in observing abstinence and penance.
- I desire fasting, penance and sacrifices for the conversion of the world.
- His life was full of penance, simplicity, truth, unimaginable humbleness.
- The youth are easily swayed into the fist twist for the price of a penance.
- Be assured that I will do the appropriate penance for this latest sacrilege.
- Absolution is an integral part of the sacrament of penance and reconciliation.
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