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penance

/pen-uhns/US // ˈpɛn əns //UK // (ˈpɛnəns) //

忏悔,告解,忏悔,苦行

Related Words

retribution报应,报复,报酬,报偿penitence忏悔,告解,悔过repentance忏悔,悔改,悔恨,悔过contrition忏悔,悔恨,悔过,悔改remorse悔恨,忏悔,悔意,懊悔atonement赎罪,赎回,赔偿金,补偿forgiveness宽恕,赦免,饶恕,恕我直言absolution赦免权,赦免,赦免令,赦免书compunction强迫症,强迫性,强迫性行为,强迫症状mortification屈辱,屈辱感,堕落,屈辱的代价sorrow悲哀,悲痛,哀伤,悲伤confession表白,表白方式,表白书,表白的方式compensation补偿,赔偿金,赔偿,补偿金rue芸芸众生,芸,芸香,芸苔penalty惩罚,罚款,刑罚,罚则suffering痛苦,苦难,煎熬,苦痛purgation净化,炼狱,肃清,清理attrition自然减员,减员,耗损,流失ruth路德,路得,路德说,路特punishment惩罚,惩处,刑罚,处罚

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin.
    • : a penitential discipline imposed by church authority.
    • : a sacrament, as in the Roman Catholic Church, consisting in a confession of sin, made with sorrow and with the intention of amendment, followed by the forgiveness of the sin.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounreparation for wrong
Synonyms
absolution赦免权,赦免,赦免令,赦免书atonement赎罪,赎回,赔偿金,补偿contrition忏悔,悔恨,悔过,悔改forgiveness宽恕,赦免,饶恕,恕我直言penitence忏悔,告解,悔过remorse悔恨,忏悔,悔意,懊悔repentance忏悔,悔改,悔恨,悔过retribution报应,报复,报酬,报偿attrition自然减员,减员,耗损,流失compensation补偿,赔偿金,赔偿,补偿金compunction强迫症,强迫性,强迫性行为,强迫症状confession表白,表白方式,表白书,表白的方式expiation赎罪,补偿,赔偿,赔偿金mortification屈辱,屈辱感,堕落,屈辱的代价penalty惩罚,罚款,刑罚,罚则punishment惩罚,惩处,刑罚,处罚purgation净化,炼狱,肃清,清理rue芸芸众生,芸,芸香,芸苔ruth路德,路得,路德说,路特self-flagellation自相残杀,自我鞭笞,自我鞭挞,自我鞭策shrift节流,节俭,流动性,流浪sorrow悲哀,悲痛,哀伤,悲伤suffering痛苦,苦难,煎熬,苦痛hair shirt头发衫,头发衬衫,头发的衬衫,头发的衬衣remorsefulness悔恨,忏悔,悔意,悔过书sackcloth and ashes麻布和灰烬,麻布与灰烬,麻布和骨灰,麻布和泥土

Examples

  • Those who have somehow broken the laws of this country remain in some of them and this is their abode of penance.

  • Your penance will be having to listen to your friend’s explanation, even if it unintentionally seems to confirm her guilt.

  • It is will always be my penance now always to believe that I didn't do enough for my friend.

  • Penance is available at the Newsstand, Miami and at alldayeveryday.com for $45—$500.

  • “The pain is her penance,” says one of them, amid the screams of labor.

  • Pay your penance while demonstrating a commitment to public service.

  • The company will be forced to endure penance not only for the spill, but paradoxically for the sunflower.

  • I attended, and hearkened; no man speaketh what is good, there is none that doth penance for his sin, saying: What have I done?

  • It seemed to him as if no punishment or penance could atone for such deception and for so great a crime.

  • Many a fish is mad after the bait; but when he is hooked, he finds his penance, even though the line should break.

  • The Church adjudged Simone heretic, and condemned her for salutary penance to the bread of suffering and the water of affliction.

  • And you look as if you were doing penance, or something—you've got such a superior expression!

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