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penance

/ˈpɛnəns/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈpɛnəns/
penance
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

pe - nance -> penance

Myanmar meaning

(n) မိုက်မှားမိခြင်းအတွက်ဒဏ်ခတ်ခြင်း။ ဘရင်ဂျီနှင့်ရှေးခရစ်ယာန်ဂိုဏ်းများတွင်အာပတ်ဖြေခြင်း။

Full entry

penance /'penǝns/ n

၁။ [C, U] ~ (for sth) (မိုက်မှားမိခြင်း အတွက်) ဒဏ်ခတ်ခြင်း။ an act of penance ❍ do penance (ie perform an act that shows one is sorry) for one's sins ❍ (joc ) She made him cook the dinner as (a) penance for forgetting her birthday.
၂။ [U] (ဘရင်ဂျီနှင့် ရှေးခရစ်ယာန် ဂိုဏ်းများတွင်) အာပတ်ဖြေခြင်း။

More examples
  • [penance for] : He believed the death of his child was penance for his sins.
  • [do penance] : He did penance for the wrongs he had committed.
Synonyms
reparation, self-punishment, forfeit, sacrament, hair shirt, atonement, apology, absolution, acknowledgment of error, amends, attrition, compensation, compunction, confession, contrition, expiation, forgiveness, mea culpa, mortification, my fault, penalty, penitence, propitiation, punishment, purgation, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, retribution, rue, ruth, sackcloth and ashes, self-flagellation, shrift, sorrow, suffering
Antonyms
happiness, joy, reward
Cross references
reparationself-punishmentforfeitsacramenthair shirtatonementapologyabsolutionacknowledgment of erroramendsattritioncompensationcompunctionconfessioncontritionexpiationforgivenessmea culpamortificationmy faultpenaltypenitencepropitiationpunishmentpurgationremorseremorsefulnessrepentance
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