| 词汇 | penitence |
| 释义 | penitence noun[ U ] formaluk /ˈpen.ɪ.təns/ us /ˈpen.ə.təns/ the feeling of being sorry for something you have done because you feel it was wrong, or the act of showing this: 悔过，忏悔 He expressed penitence for what he had done.他对自己的所作所为表示忏悔。 She cried tears of penitence.她流下了悔恨的泪水。 See penitent I will give up my career as an act of penitence. She devoted herself to a life of prayer and penitence. I expressed suitable penitence for my behaviour. penitence | American Dictionarypenitence noun[ U ] us/ˈpen·ɪ·təns/ regret for a mistake and willingness to correct it: He expressed his penitence for what he had done. Examples of penitencepenitence All religious punishment hinged on penitence and an avowal of guilt. One was that penitence and holiness were not to be bought at the price of asceticism, a position going against the prevailing wisdom. She has also done a great service by illuminating the substantial differences in their view on penitence. An emergency rota of penitence and pilgrimage was scripted. Men and women alike were called to penitence and charity and all were promised the same spiritual benefits. Penitence was less frightening to them since they were taught to be confident in the sacrament, and they rejected religious reforms that abolished the source of their consolation. The digestive process in the liver is equated with the compunction of the perfecti, which is secondary, coming after penitence, and is directed at venial sins. She came boldly up, trusting in forgiveness, and poured out on his head a kind of spikenard76 testifying from the depth of her heart to the intensity of her penitence. They were there, we read, in their thousands, their hearts aglow with religious fervour and their eyes red with the tears of penitence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I did not regard that evidence of repentance: as invalid because he did not yet commit himself to overall penitence for his misdeeds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She might have displayed some semblance of penitence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now comes a time of public accounting, and the sinner is brought to penitence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, we do not want her to go about in ashes and tears and in a state of penitence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are we to sit on the stool of penitence and submit to policies with which we do not agree? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A little more penitence from him might go a long way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of penitence These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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