Synonyms for penance
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pen-uh ns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn əns |
Top 10 synonyms for penance
Définition of penance
Origin :- late 13c., "religious discipline or self-mortification as a token of repentance and as atonement for some sin," from Anglo-French penaunce, Old French peneance (12c.), from Latin pænitentia (see penitence). Transferred sense is recorded from c.1300.
- noun reparation for wrong
- He forced himself to face them regularly as a penance and a corrective.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I say because it is a part of my penance for the sin which I have sinned.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- "No penance at all, I assure you," answered Peter with something like a smile.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- Let not the penance for a rashness, to which fate urges me on, attach to my country, but to me.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- I suppose he's going to keep me waiting for days, as a penance.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- In prayer and penance and fasting he would find help and consolation.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- It's only a life of penance and suffering you've come back to, my poor lad.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- There's nothing but prayer and penance and fasting left to us, is there?
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- "But perhaps he staid all night at his penance in the church," said the Father.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- Your penance, my son, shall be of the same kind with your offence.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
Antonyms for penance
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