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Meaning Of Penance
n.
Repentance.
n.
Pain; sorrow; suffering.
n.
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. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman
Catholic Church.