p 3 e 1 n 1 a 1 n 1 c 3 e 1
7 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun remorse for your past conduct
noun a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
noun voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
originFrom Middle English penaunce, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French peneance, from Latin paenitentia (“repentance, penitence”). Doublet of penitence.
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