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語源

From 中期英語 penaunce, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French peneance, from Latin paenitentia (“repentance, penitence”). Doublet of penitence.

発音

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

名詞

penance (countable and uncountable, plural 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 that involves penitence (remorse plus restitution via prayer).
3. Any instrument of self-punishment.
4. (obsolete) repentance
5. (obsolete) pain; sorrow; suffering

同意語

• penitence
• atonement

等位語

• prayaschitta (penance in Hinduism)

派生語

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動詞

penance (third-person singular simple present penances, present participle penancing, simple past and past participle penanced)

1. To impose penance; to punish.

   Synonyms: castigate, penalize; see also Thesaurus: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.