penance

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for penance

penance 🔊 /pɛˈnʌns/

penance : තපස

penance definition

Noun.

  1. Repentance.
  2. Pain; sorrow; suffering.
  3. 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 transgressioNoun. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church.

Transitive verb. To impose penance; to punish.