Portuguese

Alternative forms

• penitencia (obsolete)

Noun

penitência f (plural penitências)

1. penitence (regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning)
2. punishment (penalty to punish wrongdoing)
3. (Roman Catholocism) confession (disclosure of one’s sins to a priest for absolution)

Related terms

• (punishment): pena, punição
• (confession): confissão