penitencia

Definitions of penitencia
  1. noun
    a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
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    type of:
    sacramento
    a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
  2. noun
    voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
    synonyms: autodegradación
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    castigo, pena, penalización
    the act of punishing
  3. noun
    remorse for your past conduct
    synonyms: arrepentimiento
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    type of:
    compunción, hormiguilla, remordimiento
    a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
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