vezeklés
C1
Hungarian
penance
NOUN
C1
1
penance
B2
Usage pattern:
vezeklés vmiért; vezeklésül/vezeklésként 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.
NOUN
C1
2
penance
B2
Usage pattern:
vmi vkinek a vezeklése vmiért; vezeklésül vmiért
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Meaning
unpleasant duty as consequence
Themes
humor
|punishment
|duty
|consequence
|irony
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definition
An unpleasant or boring thing that someone has to do as a result of something they did earlier, often said in a half-joking or exaggerated way and not always involving moral guilt.
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