penitencia
C1
Hungarian
penance
NOUN
C1
2
penance
B2
Usage pattern:
penitenciaként; penitenciából; penitenciát vállal vmiért
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Meaning
self-punishing act for wrongdoing
Themes
remorse
|atonement
|self_denial
|wrongdoing
|amends
|emotions
|core_vocabulary
Definition
An act of self-punishment or something difficult that a person willingly accepts in order to show they are sorry for what they have done or to make up for it.
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