penitence
English
Alternative forms
- pænitence (archaic)
Etymology
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First attested circa 13th century, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English penitence, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French penitence, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin paenitentia (“repentance, penitence”), from paenitēns (“penitent”), present active participle of paeniteō (“regret, repent”). Doublet of penance.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pĕnʹĭ-təns
Noun
penitence (countable and uncountable, plural penitences)
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:remorse
Related terms
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Translations
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Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin.
Noun
penitence f (plural penitences)
- (chiefly Christianity) penitence (repentance for one's sins)
Descendants
- French: pénitence
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin paenitentia.
Noun
penitence oblique singular, f (oblique plural penitences, nominative singular penitence, nominative plural penitences)
- (chiefly Christianity) penitence (repentance for one's sins)
Descendants
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- Middle French terms derived from Latin
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French nouns
- Middle French feminine nouns
- Middle French countable nouns
- frm:Christianity
- Old French terms borrowed from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French feminine nouns
- fro:Christianity