penance
penance is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Pain; sorrow; suffering. [Obs.] "Joy or penance he feeleth none." Chaucer.
- 2.(Eccl.) 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. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. And bitter penance, with an iron whip. Spenser. Quoth he, "The man hath penance done, And penance more will do." Coleridge.
- 3.To impose penance; to punish. "Some penanced lady elf." Keats.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absolve
- abstinence
- acerbic
- amende
- amends
- anchoret
- anchorite
- and
- apologize
- apology
- ascetic
- asceticism
- ashes
- atone
- atonement
- austere
- austerity
- beg
- burnt
- come
- compensation
- composition
- compromise
- conciliation
- cynic
- cynical
- cynicism
- down
- expiate
- expiation
- fair
- fall
- flagellation
- for
- forfeit
- give
- good
- hermit
- honorable
- house
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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