penance
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8.8
- noun
- /ˈpɛnəns/
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confesión
- After confessing his sins, he was advised by the priest to perform a penance to seek forgiveness.
- the sacrament of penance
- public penance
- sacramental penance
To shrive means to forgive, to convey penance and absolution for sins.
- To shrive means to forgive, to convey penance and absolution for sins.
- So he says from compunction comes confession of sins, from confession comes penance.
Examples
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Presaging their move to Catholicism, they also required members to confess their sins and to do penance.
Academic text (2018) -
I firmly resolve, with the help of thy grace, to confess my sins to do penance and to amend my life.
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You have a penance to perform, my son.
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I cannot allow this girl to do public penance on holy ground, because she is not guilty.
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And we pray for his recovery when his penance is completed.
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For this, we do penance and are granted forgiveness.
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And, for your penance, say 10 rosaries.
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Your penance is 15 rosaries.
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The nun said my soul wasn't at peace with God and I should do penance.
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Father Broussard told me to say ten Our Fathers and ten Hail Marys for my penance.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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4.6
Telling a priest about your sins to ask for forgiveness
Surface Forms
Etymology
Penance (in the church sense) comes from the same Latin paenitentia, meaning 'repentance' or 'being sorry', and it became the name for the church practice where someone confesses and does acts to show they are sorry. So the sacrament of penance is a formal way to confess, receive forgiveness, and show you want to change.