Finnish Meaning of penance

Katumus

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Definitions and Meaning of penance in English

Wordnet

penance (n)

remorse for your past conduct

a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution

voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

Webster

penance (n.)

Repentance.

Pain; sorrow; suffering.

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. is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church.

Webster

penance (v. t.)

To impose penance; to punish.

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Katumus

remorse for your past conduct, a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution, voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for som

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penalty free throw => Rangaistusvapaa heitto, penalty box => jäähya, penalty => rangaistuspotku, penalties => Rangaistukset, penally => rangaistusluonteisesti,