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11penance — [pen′əns] n. [ME < OFr peneance < L paenitentia, poenitentia < paenitens: see PENITENT] 1. R.C.Ch. Eastern Orthodox Ch. a) a sacrament involving the confession of sin, repentance, and acceptance of the satisfaction imposed, followed by… …
12penance — late 13c., 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 (Cf. penitence)). Transf. sense is recorded from c.1300 …
13Penance, Sacrament of — • A sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest s absolution to those who with true sorrow confess their sins and promise to satisfy for the same. Catholic… …
14penance — [n] reparation for wrong absolution, atonement, attrition, compensation, compunction, confession, contrition, expiation, forgiveness, hair shirt*, mortification, penalty, penitence, punishment, purgation, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance,… …
15penance — ► NOUN 1) voluntary self punishment expressing repentance for wrongdoing. 2) a sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution. 3) a religious duty imposed as part of this sacrament. ORIGIN Old French …
16Penance (X-Men) — Superherobox| caption= Hollow, by Jason Pearson comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Hollow real name=Unknown species=Human Mutant publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Generation X #1 (November, 1994) creators= Scott Lobdell Chris Bachalo… …
17penance — n. & v. n. 1 an act of self punishment as reparation for guilt. 2 a (in the RC and Orthodox Church) a sacrament including confession of and absolution for a sin. b a penalty imposed esp. by a priest, or undertaken voluntarily, for a sin. v.tr.… …
18penance — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin poenitentia penitence Date: 14th century 1. an act of self abasement, mortification, or devotion performed to show sorrow or repentance for sin 2. a sacramental rite that… …
19penance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. atonement, discipline, punishment; flagellation, fasting; price, suffering, repayment. See penitence. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Voluntary punishment] Syn. mortification, purgation, repentance,… …
20penance — noun 1》 punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing. 2》 a sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution. ↘a religious observance or other duty imposed as …
