1. имя существительное 1) [религия] а) покаяние б) епитимья Например: to impose penance on somebody — налагать епитимью на кого-либо 2) раскаяние Например: He did public penance for his overhasty criticism. — Он публично признал свою критику поспешной. 3) искупление 2. глагол 1) [религия] налагать епитимью 2) наказывать
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin poenitentia penitence 1. an act of self-abasement, mortification, or devotion performed to show sorrow or repentance for sin 2. a sacramental rite that is practiced in Roman, Eastern, and some Anglican churches and that consists of private confession, absolution, and a penance directed by the confessor 3. something (as a hardship or penalty) resembling an act of penance (as in compensating for an offense) II. transitive verb (penanced; penancing) to impose penance on