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PEN'ANCE, n.

1. The suffering, labor or pain to which a person voluntarily subjects himself, or which is imposed on him by authority as a punishment for his faults, or as an expression of penitence; such as fasting, flagellation, wearing chains, _c. Penance is one of the seven sacraments of the Romish church.

2. Repentance.

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