penance

penance is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Repentance. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Repentance.
2. noun. Pain; sorrow; suffering.
3. noun. 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.
4. transitive verb. To impose penance; to punish.
5. noun. a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
6. noun. voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
7. noun. remorse for your past conduct

   Synonyms: penitence, repentance

Synonyms

penitence, repentance

Common word forms

penanced, penancer, penances, penancing, penanceless

Words from these letters

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