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Meaning of 'penance'
Meaning of 'penance' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Penance 
[ n.]
- Repentance. [ n.]- 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. [ v. t.]Nearby Topics:
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