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- Dictionarypenance/ˈpɛnəns/
noun
- 1. punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing: "he had done public penance for those hasty words"
- 2. a sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution.
verb
- 1. impose a penance on: archaic "the Bishop penanced him severely for his conduct"
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an act that shows that you feel sorry about something that you have done, sometimes for religious reasons: As a penance, she said she would buy them all a box of chocolates. They are doing penance for their sins. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making & accepting apologies.
The meaning of PENANCE is an act of self-abasement, mortification, or devotion performed to show sorrow or repentance for sin. How to use penance in a sentence. How Should You Use penance?
Penance is any act or a set of actions done out of repentance for sins committed, as well as an alternate name for the Catholic, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession.
Penance is the act of doing a good deed to make up for past wrongs. Shoveling your neighbor's sidewalk all winter could be your penance for not helping rake the leaves that dropped from your tree into his yard during the fall.
noun. a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin. a penitential discipline imposed by church authority. 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. penance.
If you do penance for something wrong that you have done, you do something that you find unpleasant to show that you are sorry.
1. a punishment undergone as penitence for sin. 2. a penitential discipline imposed by church authority. 3. a sacrament, as in the Roman Catholic Church, consisting of confession, repentance, and forgiveness for one's sins.
