Penance vs. Penitent

Penancenoun

A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.

Penancenoun

A sacrament in some Christian churches.

Penancenoun

Any instrument of self-punishment.

Penancenoun

(obsolete) repentance

Penancenoun

(obsolete) pain; sorrow; suffering

Penanceverb

To impose penance; to punish.

Penancenoun

Repentance.

Penancenoun

Pain; sorrow; suffering.

Penancenoun

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, imposed by a confessor or other ecclesiastical authority. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church.

Penancenoun

Any act performed by a person to atone for an offense to another; an act of atonement.

Penanceverb

To impose penance; to punish.

Penancenoun

remorse for your past conduct

Penancenoun

a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution

Penancenoun

voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

Penancenoun

punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing

Penancenoun

a sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution.

Penancenoun

a religious observance or other duty required of a person by a priest as part of this sacrament to indicate repentance.

Penanceverb

impose a penance on

Penance

Penance is any act or a set of actions done out of repentance for sins committed, as well as an alternate name for the Catholic, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession. It also plays a part in confession among Anglicans and Methodists, in which it is a rite, as well as among other Protestants.

Penitentadjective

Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; feeling sincere guilt.

Penitentadjective

Doing penance.

Penitentnoun

One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his or her transgressions.

Penitentnoun

One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.

Penitentnoun

One under the direction of a confessor.

Penitentadjective

Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.

Penitentadjective

Doing penance.

Penitentnoun

One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.

Penitentnoun

One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.

Penitentnoun

One under the direction of a confessor.

Penitentnoun

(Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)

Penitentadjective

feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds