He is doing penance.
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Penance
//ˈpɛn.əns//
Synonyms for "penance" (68 found)
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Related words (34)
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8 entriesSynonyms
3 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- سِرّ التَوْبَة noun (sacrament in some churches)
- كَفَّارَة noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Bulgarian
1 entries- покая́ние noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Catalan
2 entries- penitència noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- penitència noun (sacrament in some churches)
Chinese
4 entries- 修和圣事 noun (sacrament in some churches)
- 和好圣事 noun (sacrament in some churches)
- 苦修 noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- 苦行 noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Danish
2 entries- bod noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- pønitense noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Dutch
3 entries- berouw noun (sacrament in some churches)
- boetedoening noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- penitentie noun (sacrament in some churches)
Finnish
1 entries- katumus noun (sacrament in some churches)
French
2 entries- pénitence noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- pénitence noun (sacrament in some churches)
Galician
1 entries- penitencia noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Georgian
1 entries- მონანიება noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
German
4 entries- Buße noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- Bußleistung noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- Bußsakrament noun (sacrament in some churches)
- Bußverfahren noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Hindi
2 entries- तपस्या noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- प्रायश्चित noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Hungarian
1 entries- vezeklés noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Irish
2 entries- aithrí noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- aithrí noun (sacrament in some churches)
Italian
2 entries- penitenza noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- penitenza noun (sacrament in some churches)
Japanese
3 entries- 苦行 noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- 難行 noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- 難行苦行 noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Macedonian
2 entries- покаја́ние noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- покају́вање noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Māori
1 entries- rīpenetātanga noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Norwegian
1 entries- bot noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Occitan
2 entries- peniténcia noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- pentiment noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Persian
1 entries- توبه noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Polish
1 entries- pokuta noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Portuguese
2 entries- penitência noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- penitência noun (sacrament in some churches)
Romanian
1 entries- pocăință noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Russian
1 entries- искупле́ние noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Sanskrit
1 entries- प्रायश्चित्त noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- peanas noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- pokora noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Spanish
2 entries- penitencia noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- penitencia noun (sacrament in some churches)
Swedish
2 entries- bot noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- penitens noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Tocharian B
1 entries- pälśalñe noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Ukrainian
2 entries- епітимія noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
- покарання noun (voluntary self-imposed punishment)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Penance is one of the seven sacraments.
Source: tatoeba (733773)
If he does that again, let the punishment be harsher, and in addition, let penance be imposed on him, but if he does that thrice, let him be executed.
Source: tatoeba (2893191)
If rain fails there will be neither charity nor penance.
Source: tatoeba (4271103)
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