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penance

/ˈpenəns/PEH-nuhns
/ˈpɛnəns/PEH-nuhns

Meaningrepentance

Common meaning: punishment for sin

Journey through time

  1. Latinpenitentiasource
  2. Old Frenchpenance‘older form peneance’source
  3. Middle Englishpenancesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsolder form peneance → punishment for sinpenance‘punishment for sin’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin penitentia ‘repentance’.

Roots

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