penance

[US]/ˈpenəns/
[UK]/ˈpenəns/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 誰かに自己懲罰を行わせて罪を償わせること
n. 自己懲罰; 悔い
Word Forms
複数形penances

Phrases & Collocations

do penance

悔い改める

act of penance

悔い改めの行為

penance ritual

悔い改めの儀式

Example Sentences

They had confessed their sins and done their penance.

彼らは罪を告白し、贖罪を行った。

he had done public penance for those hasty words.

彼はその軽率な言葉に対して公然の贖罪を行った。

a hair shirt to penance him for his folly in offending.

彼の過ちに対する贖罪のための毛布を着る。

She knelt at her mother’s feet in penance.

彼女は贖罪のために母の足元にひざまずいた。

Are you willing to do penance for your sins,my son?

お前は自分の罪のために贖罪をする覚悟があるか、息子よ?

6 Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.

6 だから、私は自分を責め、塵と灰の中で贖罪をする。

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