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1Voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong.
2A Christian sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution.
Impose a penance on.
Middle English from Old French, from Latin paenitentia ‘repentance’, from the verb paenitere ‘be sorry’.