an act that shows that you feelsorry about something that you have done, sometimes for religiousreasons 悔過,悔罪;補(bǔ)贖 As a penance, she said she would buy them all a box of chocolates . 為了表示歉意,她說她要給他們每個人都買一盒巧克力。 They are doing penance for theirsins . 他們正在為自己的罪過而懺悔。 返回 penance