do penance (for sins)

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• Penance — is repentance of sins as well as the proper name of the Catholic and Orthodox Christian Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation/Confession. The word penance derives from Old French and Latin poenitentia , both of which derive from the same root… …   Wikipedia

• Penance (as a Virtue) — • Penance designates (1) a virtue; (2) a sacrament of the New Law; (3) a canonical punishment inflicted according to the earlier discipline of the Church; (4) a work of satisfaction enjoined upon the recipient of the sacrament. Catholic… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• penance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ public VERB + PENANCE ▪ do, pay ▪ Has anyone ever paid a higher penance for telling a lie? PREPOSITION ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• penance — UK [ˈpenəns] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms penance : singular penance plural penances punishment or suffering that you accept, especially because of your religious beliefs, to show that you are sorry for something bad that you have …   English dictionary

• penance — pen|ance [ˈpenəns] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Medieval Latin poenitentia, from Latin paenitere; PENITENT1] 1.) [C usually singular, U] something that you must do to show that you are sorry for something you have done wrong,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• penance — pen|ance [ penəns ] noun count or uncount punishment or suffering that you accept, especially because of your religious beliefs, to show that you are sorry for something bad that you have done: penance for: He believed the death of his child was… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• penance — noun 1 (C, U) the action of willingly making yourself suffer, especially for religious reasons, to show you are sorry for having done something wrong: do penance (for): Bianca has confessed and done penance for her sins. 2 (singular) something… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Penance, Sacrament of — • A sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest s absolution to those who with true sorrow confess their sins and promise to satisfy for the same. Catholic… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• penance — ► NOUN 1) voluntary self punishment expressing repentance for wrongdoing. 2) a sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution. 3) a religious duty imposed as part of this sacrament. ORIGIN Old French …   English terms dictionary

• Seven deadly sins — For other uses, see Seven Deadly Sins (disambiguation). Hieronymus Bosch s The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things The 7 Deadly Sins, also known as the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, is a classification of objectionable vices that have… …   Wikipedia

• penance — noun 1》 punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing. 2》 a sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution.     ↘a religious observance or other duty imposed as …   English new terms dictionary