English words for 'Doing penance.'
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adj
noun
- One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
- One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of their transgressions.
- One under the direction of a confessor.
- (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
adj
noun
verb
- grant remission of a sin to
- (transitive, theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin.
- (transitive, theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.
- let off the hook
- (transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
- (transitive, law) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.
- (transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
- (transitive) To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.
adj
noun
- an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
- the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
- (chiefly politics) A removal of undesirable people.
- (premodern medicine) The removal of excess humors through bloodletting, induced vomiting, etc.
- (medicine) The removal of digested waste: defecation; defecation induced by laxatives.
- (chiefly chemistry) The cleansing of a device by flushing it with water, steam, or some other liquid or gas.
- (chiefly medicine) Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.
verb
noun
- The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt.
- The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.
- purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
- a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
verb
- save from sins
- free from harm or evil
- to surrender someone or something to another
- carry out or perform
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)
- hand over to the authorities of another country
- deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
- bring to a destination, make a delivery
- cause to be born
- relinquish possession or control over
- pass down
- To free from or disburden of anything.
- (intransitive, transitive, informal) To produce what is expected or required.
- To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
- To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
- (formal, with "of") To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).
- To set free from restraint or danger.
- To give birth to.
- To discover; to show.
- To assist in the birth of.
- To bring or transport something to its destination.
- (medicine) To administer a drug.
- To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
adj
verb
- save from sins
- exchange or buy back for money; under threat
- convert into cash; of commercial papers
- to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange
- restore the honor or worth of
- pay off (loans or promissory notes)
- (transitive) To liberate by payment of a ransom.
- (transitive) To repair, restore.
- (transitive) To set free by force.
- (transitive) To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.
- (transitive) To save, rescue.
- (transitive) To reform, change (for the better).
- (transitive) To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
- (transitive) To expiate, atone (for).
- (transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
- (transitive, finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash.
- (transitive) To clear, release from debt or blame.
verb
- save from sins
- (Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- accumulate money for future use
- retain rights to
- refrain from harming
- spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
- spend less; buy at a reduced price
- make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
- record data on a computer
- bring into safety
- (baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- (informal) To avoid saying something.
- (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
- (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- (reflexive, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
- (transitive) To store for future use.
- (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
noun
- (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
- (roleplaying games) A saving throw.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- (baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- (informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
- (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
conj
prep
adj
- bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
- characterized by thriftiness
- Preserving; rescuing.
- (theology) That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
- Making reservation or exception.
- (in compounds) Relating to making a saving.
- Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
- Thrifty; frugal.
noun
- an act of economizing; reduction in cost
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
- A reduction in cost or expenditure.
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to save.
- (countable, usually in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
prep
verb
noun
- the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
- the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
- (theology) The death of Christ as a basis for the forgiveness of sin.
- The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger.
adj
noun
noun
- A sacrament in some Christian churches that involves penitence (remorse plus restitution via prayer).
- voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
- Any instrument of self-punishment.
- A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
- a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
- remorse for your past conduct
verb
noun
- the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance
- the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
- The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
- An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
- The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
- (ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
verb
adj
noun
- the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
- (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
- a payment of money sent to a person in another place
- an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
- (medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.
- (law) A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
- An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
- (spectroscopy) Reflection or back-scattering of light by a material; (to send back)
- A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
- A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
- (law) A reduction or cancellation of the penalty for a criminal offence; in particular, the reduction of a prison sentence as a recognition of the prisoner's good behaviour.
verb
verb
- turn away from sin or do penitence
- feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
- (theology, intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
- (transitive) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
- (transitive) To be sorry for, to regret.
- (intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
adj
noun
- Forgiveness for an offence.
- (law) An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed.
- a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
- the act of excusing a mistake or offense
- the formal act of liberating someone
intj
verb
noun
- The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
- Rescue upon payment of a ransom.
- The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
- (religion) Salvation from sin.
- (finance) The conversion (of a security) into cash.
- the act of purchasing back something previously sold
- (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
- repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
noun
- the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing
- a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
- the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
- A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
- The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
- (Christianity) The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.
noun
- A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
- (sports) sin bin
- A flaw or mistake.
- An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
- A misdeed or wrong.
- Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
- Alternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”).
- A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س
- (theology) A violation of divine will or religious law.
- A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
- ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- estrangement from god
- an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
- the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
verb
noun
- the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution
- foolish or senseless behavior
- a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
- the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
- an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
- A wish or whim satisfied.
- Something in which someone indulges.
- The act of catering to someone's every desire.
- The act of indulging.
- An indulgent act; a favour granted; gratification.
- (Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.
- Tolerance.
verb
verb
noun
name
noun
- (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing their sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
- an admission of misdeeds or faults
- a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
- a public declaration of your faith
- the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
- A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
- (chiefly Japanese media) The act of professing one's love.
- A formal document providing such an admission.
- Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
- The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
- (Christianity) The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
adj
noun
- One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
- One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of their transgressions.
- One under the direction of a confessor.
- (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
noun
- The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt.
- The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.
- purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
- a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
noun
- the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
- the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
- (theology) The death of Christ as a basis for the forgiveness of sin.
- The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger.
noun
- A sacrament in some Christian churches that involves penitence (remorse plus restitution via prayer).
- voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
- Any instrument of self-punishment.
- A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
- a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
- remorse for your past conduct
verb
noun
- the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance
- the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
- The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
- An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
- The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
- (ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
noun
- the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
- (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
- a payment of money sent to a person in another place
- an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
- (medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.
- (law) A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
- An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
- (spectroscopy) Reflection or back-scattering of light by a material; (to send back)
- A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
- A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
- (law) A reduction or cancellation of the penalty for a criminal offence; in particular, the reduction of a prison sentence as a recognition of the prisoner's good behaviour.
verb
noun
- Forgiveness for an offence.
- (law) An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed.
- a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
- the act of excusing a mistake or offense
- the formal act of liberating someone
intj
verb
noun
- The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
- Rescue upon payment of a ransom.
- The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
- (religion) Salvation from sin.
- (finance) The conversion (of a security) into cash.
- the act of purchasing back something previously sold
- (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
- repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
noun
- the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing
- a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
- the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
- A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
- The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
- (Christianity) The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.
noun
- A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
- (sports) sin bin
- A flaw or mistake.
- An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
- A misdeed or wrong.
- Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
- Alternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”).
- A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س
- (theology) A violation of divine will or religious law.
- A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
- ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- estrangement from god
- an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
- the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
verb
noun
- the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution
- foolish or senseless behavior
- a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
- the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
- an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
- A wish or whim satisfied.
- Something in which someone indulges.
- The act of catering to someone's every desire.
- The act of indulging.
- An indulgent act; a favour granted; gratification.
- (Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.
- Tolerance.
verb
noun
name
noun
- (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing their sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
- an admission of misdeeds or faults
- a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
- a public declaration of your faith
- the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
- A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
- (chiefly Japanese media) The act of professing one's love.
- A formal document providing such an admission.
- Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
- The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
- (Christianity) The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
verb
- grant remission of a sin to
- (transitive, theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin.
- (transitive, theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.
- let off the hook
- (transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
- (transitive, law) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.
- (transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
- (transitive) To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.
verb
- save from sins
- free from harm or evil
- to surrender someone or something to another
- carry out or perform
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)
- hand over to the authorities of another country
- deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
- bring to a destination, make a delivery
- cause to be born
- relinquish possession or control over
- pass down
- To free from or disburden of anything.
- (intransitive, transitive, informal) To produce what is expected or required.
- To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
- To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
- (formal, with "of") To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).
- To set free from restraint or danger.
- To give birth to.
- To discover; to show.
- To assist in the birth of.
- To bring or transport something to its destination.
- (medicine) To administer a drug.
- To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
adj
verb
- save from sins
- exchange or buy back for money; under threat
- convert into cash; of commercial papers
- to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange
- restore the honor or worth of
- pay off (loans or promissory notes)
- (transitive) To liberate by payment of a ransom.
- (transitive) To repair, restore.
- (transitive) To set free by force.
- (transitive) To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.
- (transitive) To save, rescue.
- (transitive) To reform, change (for the better).
- (transitive) To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
- (transitive) To expiate, atone (for).
- (transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
- (transitive, finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash.
- (transitive) To clear, release from debt or blame.
verb
- save from sins
- (Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- accumulate money for future use
- retain rights to
- refrain from harming
- spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
- spend less; buy at a reduced price
- make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
- record data on a computer
- bring into safety
- (baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- (informal) To avoid saying something.
- (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
- (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- (reflexive, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
- (transitive) To store for future use.
- (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
noun
- (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
- (roleplaying games) A saving throw.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- (baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- (informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
- (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
conj
prep
verb
adj
verb
- turn away from sin or do penitence
- feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
- (theology, intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
- (transitive) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
- (transitive) To be sorry for, to regret.
- (intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
adj
verb
noun
- A sacrament in some Christian churches that involves penitence (remorse plus restitution via prayer).
- voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
- Any instrument of self-punishment.
- A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
- a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
- remorse for your past conduct
verb
adj
noun
- One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
- One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of their transgressions.
- One under the direction of a confessor.
- (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
adj
noun
adj
noun
- an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
- the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
- (chiefly politics) A removal of undesirable people.
- (premodern medicine) The removal of excess humors through bloodletting, induced vomiting, etc.
- (medicine) The removal of digested waste: defecation; defecation induced by laxatives.
- (chiefly chemistry) The cleansing of a device by flushing it with water, steam, or some other liquid or gas.
- (chiefly medicine) Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.
verb
adj
- bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
- characterized by thriftiness
- Preserving; rescuing.
- (theology) That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
- Making reservation or exception.
- (in compounds) Relating to making a saving.
- Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
- Thrifty; frugal.
noun
- an act of economizing; reduction in cost
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
- A reduction in cost or expenditure.
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to save.
- (countable, usually in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.