penance

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

Translation

vt. kubadili mwanamke kufanya vitendo vya kushindwa kwa kusimamia kama makosa
n. kushindwa; kusimamia makosa
Word Forms
Pluralpenances

Phrases & Collocations

do penance

fungua kipenzi

act of penance

kazi ya kipenzi

penance ritual

udhibiti wa kipenzi

Example Sentences

They had confessed their sins and done their penance.

Walipiga mazoe ya wao na walifanya mazoe yao.

he had done public penance for those hasty words.

alifanya kusudi ya mamlaka kwa mizani yake ya kisasa.

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

kifuto cha kifuto kwa kuzidisha maelezo yake ya kusimamia.

She knelt at her mother’s feet in penance.

Alikuwa na mazoe yake kwenye miguu ya mke yake.

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

Uwe na uwekwa wa kufanya mazoe kwa mazoe yako, mwanangu?

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

6 Kwa hiyo ninafikiri kwa mimi na kufanya mazoe kwenye mizani na mafua.

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