penance
Meaning of penance
noun
- A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
- A sacrament in some Christian churches.
- Any instrument of self-punishment.
- Repentance
- Pain; sorrow; suffering
verb
To impose penance; to punish.
Information about penance
- The plural form of penance is: penances.
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Hyphenation of penance
penance
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- penance is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
penance synonyms
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