English-Thai Dictionary

penance

N การสำนึก บาป  การ สารภาพบาป  repentance compensation mortification kan-sam-nuk-bab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PENANCE

n. 1. The suffering, labor or pain to which a person voluntarily subjects himself, or which is imposed on him by authority as a punishment for his faults, or as an expression of penitence; such as fasting, flagellation, wearing chains, etc. Penance is one of the seven sacraments of the Romish church.
2. Repentance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PENANCE

Pen "ance, n. Etym: [OF. penance, peneance, L. paenitentia repentance. See Penitence. ]

 

1. Repentance. [Obs. ] Wyclif (Luke xv. 7 ).

 

2. Pain; sorrow; suffering. [Obs. ] "Joy or penance he feeleth none. " Chaucer.

 

3. (Eccl.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

PENANCE

Pen "ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penanced.]

 

Defn: To impose penance; to punish. "Some penanced lady elf. " Keats.

 

PENANCELESS

PENANCELESS Pen "ance *less, a.

 

Defn: Free from penance. [R.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

penance

pen ance |ˈpenəns ˈpɛnəns | ▶noun 1 voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong: he had done public penance for those hasty words. 2 a Christian sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church often called sacrament of reconciliation. • a religious observance or other duty required of a person by a priest as part of this sacrament to indicate repentance. ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic impose a penance on: a hair shirt to penance him for his folly in offending. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, from Latin paenitentia ‘repentance, ’ from the verb paenitere ‘be sorry. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

penance

pen |ance |ˈpɛnəns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing: he had done public penance for those hasty words. 2 a sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church often called sacrament of reconciliation. • a religious observance or other duty required of a person by a priest as part of this sacrament to indicate repentance. ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic impose a penance on. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, from Latin paenitentia ‘repentance ’, from the verb paenitere ‘be sorry ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

penance

penance noun true penance requires honest self-examination: atonement, expiation, self-punishment, self-mortification, self-abasement, amends; punishment, penalty.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

penance

penance noun self-awareness is the necessary ingredient for penance | penances for a variety of sins: atonement, expiation, self-punishment, self-mortification, self-abasement, reparation, amends, penalty, punishment. PHRASES do penance you must do penance for the crimes in your life: atone, make amends /reparation /recompense /restitution, make up, redeem oneself, pay the penalty, pay, recompense, pay the price, expiate, redress, compensate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

penance

pen ance /pénəns /名詞 1 C U 〘宗 〙【罪などの 】償い , 懺悔 （ざんげ ） «for » .2 C 〖単数形で 〗(楽しくないが )しなければならないこと, 苦行 ; 受難 .3 〘カトリック 〙告解 〘秘跡 （ひせき ）の1つ 〙.