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单词 penitence
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penitencen.

Brit. /ˈpɛnᵻt(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˈpɛnədəns/, /ˈpɛnətns/
Forms: Middle English penitaunce, Middle English penitentence (transmission error), Middle English–1500s penytence, Middle English– penitence, 1600s paenitence, 1600s poenitence; Scottish pre-1700 penetence, pre-1700 penitens, pre-1700 1700s– penitence.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French penitence, pénitence.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman penitence, penitance, penitaunce and Old French, Middle French penitence (French pénitence) state of being penitent (c1050), a penance (c1100), sacrament of penance (c1120–50), repentance of sins (1155) < classical Latin paenitentia (also penitentia , poenitentia : see note) regret for one's actions, repentance, in post-classical Latin also specifically in a Christian context (Vetus Latina, Vulgate), act of penance (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), sacrament of penance (6th cent.) < paenitent- , paenitēns penitent adj. + -ia -ia suffix1; compare -ence suffix. Old French penitence was originally a learned form in ecclesiastical use, which gradually displaced peneance penance n.The Latin form paenitentia is recorded in inscriptions from the 5th or 6th cent. and frequently in manuscripts; penitentia in inscriptions from the 5th cent. and frequently in manuscripts; poenitentia in a manuscript of the Vulgate of the 6th or 7th cent., otherwise only in medieval manuscripts.
1. The undergoing of a discipline or exercise as an outward expression of repentance and expiation of an offence, either voluntarily or as imposed by an ecclesiastical authority; a penance. Now rare except as merging with sense 2.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > [noun]
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a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 61 (MED) Swo ure louerd ihesu crist fette adam ut of helle þo þe hedde his penitence enden, and swo he wile us ec þanne we hauen ure penitence fulended.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 313 Ȝef ani strif ariseð bitwene þe wimmen. þe ancre..legge oneiðer sumpenitance Mare up on o þilke þe gretluker gulte.
c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 102 The spices of penitence been three: that oon of hem is solempne, another is commune, and the thridde is priuee.
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton sig. Iv And whanne thow hast accomplysshed the penytence whiche the preest hath gyuen to the.
a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) vi. 18 The course of Discipline in former Ages reformed open Transgressors, by putting them unto Offices of open penitence; especially Confession.
1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio I. 206 I shall undertake this business, as a penitence for my sins.
1829 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Godefridus xxii. 290 The ruins of Chantilly, where the great Condé ended his days in retirement, and the practice of penitence.
1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. iii. 66 Its very priests were sent to Santa Tarsilla as a penitence.
1994 L. de Bernières Capt. Corelli's Mandolin lxviii. 392 She knelt in the soughing wind, bowing over her lamp to protect it from the rain, warming her shaking hands upon the glass, transforming her life into one long penitence and apology.
2. The fact or state of being penitent; sorrow for sin or offence committed, together with the desire for and intention of amendment; repentance.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun]
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remorse of conscience (also mind)c1410
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resipiscency?c1550
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heart-searching1647
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remordency1658
contriteness1692
resentment1705
penitentness1727
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > [noun]
reusingeOE
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a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 141 Þe quen ȝaf forbisne of maiðhode..Ðe oðer of penitence, þat is of clensunge, þat is þat brinð hori to clene.
c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 980 If he wole come to sauacioun, ther is noon oother wey but by penitence and shrifte and satisfaccioun.
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 3044 (MED) Knowst þou not..Þat goddys pacience þe to penytence Abydyth lenger & gladly wold inclyne?
1573 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 377 The said Lucas, being of grite penetence as apperit, confessed the said accusation.
a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) vi. 13 The question, why David's confession should be held for effectuall penitence and not Sauls.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. iv. 81 By Penitence th' Eternalls wrath's appeas'd. View more context for this quotation
1658 J. Bramhall Schisme Garded i. viii. 151 The degree of the Delinquents Penitence or Impenitence.
a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 134 In lieu of penitence, and vain remorse.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxiii. 231 Is this the way you show your penitence?
1881 A. Trollope Dr. Wortle's School I. ii. 23 He was one who thought that there should be a place of penitence allowed to those who had clearly repented of their errors.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 235/1 In the Roman Catholic church Advent is still kept as a season of penitence.
1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 779/2 As all the authorities from the earliest up to Thomas Aquinas emphasized, penitence implied at least a measure of hope.
1995 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 12 Nov. 3 Some Maoris had demanded a royal visit to Waikato tribal lands south of Auckland as a sign of penitence, but Buckingham Palace resisted the idea.

Compounds

General attributive, as †penitence-garment, penitence period. rare.
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1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2471/1 Travelling two and two together, clad in woollen penitence-garments.
1991 Men's Health Nov.–Dec. 33/3 Drinking a cup of coffee may shorten the headache penitence period, as caffeine is a vasoconstrictor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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