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nounremorse for your past conduct
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nounvoluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
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nouna Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolutiontype of:
Definition that contains penance
- confession (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
- penitentiary showing or constituting penance
- absolution the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance
- absolution the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
- remission the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
- sacrament a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
- penitent (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
- peri (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
- flagellant a person who whips himself as a religious penance
- penitential showing or constituting penance