Word Meaning

penance definition and meaning

n. Repentance.
n. Pain; sorrow; suffering.
n. 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.
v. t. To impose penance; to punish.

Crossword clues for penance

- Atonement
- Penitence
- Self-punishment