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Meaning of 'penance' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Penance [ n.]
- Repentance.
- Pain; sorrow; suffering.
- 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.
2 . Penance [ v. t.]
- To impose penance; to punish.

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