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词汇 penance
释义 penance
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈpen.əns/ us /ˈpen.əns/
an act that shows that you feel sorry about something that you have done, sometimes for religious reasons: 悔过,悔罪;补赎
As a penance, she said she would buy them all a box of chocolates.为了表示歉意,她说她要给他们每个人都买一盒巧克力。
They are doing penance for their sins.他们正在为自己的罪过而忏悔。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making & accepting apologies
amends
apologetic
apologetically
apologize
atone for something
atonement
beg
bury
bygone
conciliatory
crawl
crawl back (to someone)idiom
forge ahead
forgive
repentance
resolve your differences
shred
sink your differencesidiom
solatium
sorry to bother you

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Religious concepts: sin

penance | American Dictionary


penance
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈpen·əns/
activity that shows you regret some previous action, sometimes for religious reasons:
[ U ]They are doing penance for their sins.
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