penance
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
Definition of penance
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
“Quoth he, "The man hath penance done, / And penance more will do."”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
“Quoth he, "The man hath penance done, / And penance more will do."”
- (countable, uncountable)A sacrament in some Christian churches that involves penitence (remorse plus restitution via prayer).
- (countable, uncountable)Any instrument of self-punishment.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable)repentance
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable)pain; sorrow; suffering
verb
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To impose penance; to punish.
“She seem'd, at once, some penanced lady elf, / Some demon mistress, or the demon's self.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English penaunce, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French peneance, from Latin paenitentia (“repentance, penitence”). Doublet of penitence.
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