Word
Penance
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
pen-ance
Definition
- n. - Repentance.
- n. - Pain; sorrow; suffering.
- 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.
- v. t. - To impose penance; to punish.
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