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Penance
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(1):
(n.) Repentance.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(n.) Pain; sorrow; suffering.
(4):
(v. t.) To impose penance; to punish.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Penance'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/penance.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Penance'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/penance.html. 1828.