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• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn.əns/
• ハイフネーション: pen‧ance

名詞

penance (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 penances)

1. A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
   • 1797–1798 (date written), [Samuel Taylor Coleridge], “The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere”, in Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, London: […] J[ohn] & A[rthur] Arch, […], published 1798, →OCLC:

     Quoth he, "The man hath penance done, / And penance more will do."

2. A sacrament in some Christian churches.
3. Any instrument of self-punishment.
4. (obsolete) repentance
5. (obsolete) pain; sorrow; suffering

同意語

• penitence
• atonement

関連する語

動詞

penance (三人称単数 現在形 penances, 現在分詞 penancing, 過去形および過去分詞形 penanced)

1. To impose penance; to punish.
   • 1819, John Keats, “Lamia”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, part I, page 6:

     She seem'd, at once, some penanced lady elf, / Some demon mistress, or the demon's self.