penitência
See also: penitencia
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- penitencia (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.niˈtẽ.si.ɐ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.niˈtẽ.sjɐ/
Noun
penitência f (plural penitências)
- penitence (regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning)
- punishment (penalty to punish wrongdoing)
- (Roman Catholicism) confession (disclosure of one’s sins to a priest for absolution)
Derived terms
- impenitência
Related terms
- (punishment): pena, punição
- (confession): confissão