Details of word PENANCE

Definition of penance

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.

Word "penance" contains 7 letters : A C E E N N P

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