Penance word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "penance" word

[noun] a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution
[noun] voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
[noun] remorse for your past conduct

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\Pen"ance\, n. [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.) 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.
\Pen"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penanced}.] To impose penance; to punish. ``Some penanced lady elf.'' --Keats.

Synonyms for penance

penitence, repentance, self-abasement, self-mortification

Related terms: asceticism, attrition, baptism, do penance, lustration, matrimony, penalization, penitently, price, purgation, regret, remorsefulness, reparation, rue, sackcloth and ashes, saeta, self-mortification, self-punishment, seven sacraments, suffering, the Eucharist, wearing a hairshirt

The fun area, different aproach to word »penance«

Let's analyse "penance" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 42.9% of vowels is 4.3% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ECNANEP. Average typing speed for these characters is 1885 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .--. . -. .- -. -.-. .

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: penance: 5 + 1 + 5 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: penance: 7 + 5 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 5 = 31, reduced: 4, and the final result is Four.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
E (2)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
N (2)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
P (1)	16	Tower	Craftsman, Laborer, Builder

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