See penitence on Wiktionary
Download JSON data for penitence meaning in All languages combined (7.6kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*peh₁-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "penitence"
},
"expansion": "Middle English penitence",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "penitence"
},
"expansion": "Old French penitence",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "paenitentia",
"4": "",
"5": "repentance, penitence"
},
"expansion": "Latin paenitentia (“repentance, penitence”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "paenitēns",
"3": "",
"4": "penitent"
},
"expansion": "paenitēns (“penitent”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "paeniteō",
"3": "",
"4": "regret, repent"
},
"expansion": "paeniteō (“regret, repent”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "penitent",
"3": "ence"
},
"expansion": "penitent + -ence",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "penance"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of penance",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "First attested circa 13th century, from Middle English penitence, from Old French penitence, from Latin paenitentia (“repentance, penitence”), from paenitēns (“penitent”), present active participle of paeniteō (“regret, repent”). Equivalent to penitent + -ence. Doublet of penance.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "penitences",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "penitence (countable and uncountable, plural penitences)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ence",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1887, W. S. Gilbert, Ruddigore, Act II",
"text": "Away, Remorse! / Compunction, hence!. / Go, Moral Force! / Go, Penitence!",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The condition of being penitent; a feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning."
],
"id": "en-penitence-en-noun-Weg1W-tL",
"links": [
[
"condition",
"condition#English"
],
[
"penitent",
"penitent#English"
],
[
"feeling",
"feeling#English"
],
[
"regret",
"regret#English"
],
[
"remorse",
"remorse#English"
],
[
"wrong",
"wrong#English"
],
[
"sinning",
"sinning#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "compunction"
},
{
"word": "contrition"
},
{
"word": "remorse"
},
{
"word": "repentance"
},
{
"word": "penance"
},
{
"word": "atonement"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "pænitence"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razkajanie",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "разкаяние"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"word": "boetedoening"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"word": "inkeer"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"word": "katumus"
},
{
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "penitence"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "penitencia"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Reue"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bußfertigkeit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Buße"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aithrí"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "contrição"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "penitência"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"word": "penitencia"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"penitence"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "pĕnʹĭ-təns"
}
],
"word": "penitence"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "pénitence"
},
"expansion": "French: pénitence",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: pénitence"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "la",
"3": "paenitentia"
},
"expansion": "Latin paenitentia",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin paenitentia.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "penitences",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"10": "{{{f}}}",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{f}}}s",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "penitences",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{pl2}}}",
"9": "",
"f1accel-form": "p",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "penitence f (plural penitences)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "penitence f (plural penitences)",
"name": "frm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle French",
"lang_code": "frm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "frm",
"name": "Christianity",
"orig": "frm:Christianity",
"parents": [
"Abrahamism",
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"penitence (repentance for one's sins)"
],
"id": "en-penitence-frm-noun-pn22Vf0E",
"links": [
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"penitence",
"penitence#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly Christianity) penitence (repentance for one's sins)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "paenitence"
},
{
"word": "poenitence"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"Christianity"
]
}
],
"word": "penitence"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "penitence",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: penitence",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: penitence"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "penitence"
},
"expansion": "Middle French: penitence",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle French: penitence"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "pénitence"
},
"expansion": "French: pénitence",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: pénitence"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "la",
"3": "paenitentia"
},
"expansion": "Latin paenitentia",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin paenitentia.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "penitence oblique singular or",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "penitences",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "penitence",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "penitences",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "penitence oblique singular, f (oblique plural penitences, nominative singular penitence, nominative plural penitences)",
"name": "fro-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old French",
"lang_code": "fro",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "fro",
"name": "Christianity",
"orig": "fro:Christianity",
"parents": [
"Abrahamism",
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"penitence (repentance for one's sins)"
],
"id": "en-penitence-fro-noun-pn22Vf0E",
"links": [
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"penitence",
"penitence#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly Christianity) penitence (repentance for one's sins)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "penitance"
},
{
"word": "penitaunce"
}
],
"topics": [
"Christianity"
]
}
],
"word": "penitence"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*peh₁-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "penitence"
},
"expansion": "Middle English penitence",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "penitence"
},
"expansion": "Old French penitence",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "paenitentia",
"4": "",
"5": "repentance, penitence"
},
"expansion": "Latin paenitentia (“repentance, penitence”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "paenitēns",
"3": "",
"4": "penitent"
},
"expansion": "paenitēns (“penitent”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "paeniteō",
"3": "",
"4": "regret, repent"
},
"expansion": "paeniteō (“regret, repent”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "penitent",
"3": "ence"
},
"expansion": "penitent + -ence",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "penance"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of penance",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "First attested circa 13th century, from Middle English penitence, from Old French penitence, from Latin paenitentia (“repentance, penitence”), from paenitēns (“penitent”), present active participle of paeniteō (“regret, repent”). Equivalent to penitent + -ence. Doublet of penance.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "penitences",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "penitence (countable and uncountable, plural penitences)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₁-",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -ence",
"English terms with quotations",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1887, W. S. Gilbert, Ruddigore, Act II",
"text": "Away, Remorse! / Compunction, hence!. / Go, Moral Force! / Go, Penitence!",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The condition of being penitent; a feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning."
],
"links": [
[
"condition",
"condition#English"
],
[
"penitent",
"penitent#English"
],
[
"feeling",
"feeling#English"
],
[
"regret",
"regret#English"
],
[
"remorse",
"remorse#English"
],
[
"wrong",
"wrong#English"
],
[
"sinning",
"sinning#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"wikipedia": [
"penitence"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "pĕnʹĭ-təns"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "compunction"
},
{
"word": "contrition"
},
{
"word": "remorse"
},
{
"word": "repentance"
},
{
"word": "penance"
},
{
"word": "atonement"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "pænitence"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razkajanie",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "разкаяние"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"word": "boetedoening"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"word": "inkeer"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"word": "katumus"
},
{
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "penitence"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "penitencia"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Reue"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bußfertigkeit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Buße"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aithrí"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "contrição"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "penitência"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "condition of being penitent",
"word": "penitencia"
}
],
"word": "penitence"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "pénitence"
},
"expansion": "French: pénitence",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: pénitence"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "la",
"3": "paenitentia"
},
"expansion": "Latin paenitentia",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin paenitentia.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "penitences",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"10": "{{{f}}}",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{f}}}s",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "penitences",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{pl2}}}",
"9": "",
"f1accel-form": "p",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "penitence f (plural penitences)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "penitence f (plural penitences)",
"name": "frm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle French",
"lang_code": "frm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Middle French countable nouns",
"Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle French feminine nouns",
"Middle French lemmas",
"Middle French nouns",
"Middle French terms derived from Latin",
"frm:Christianity"
],
"glosses": [
"penitence (repentance for one's sins)"
],
"links": [
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"penitence",
"penitence#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly Christianity) penitence (repentance for one's sins)"
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"Christianity"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "paenitence"
},
{
"word": "poenitence"
}
],
"word": "penitence"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "penitence",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: penitence",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: penitence"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "penitence"
},
"expansion": "Middle French: penitence",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle French: penitence"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "pénitence"
},
"expansion": "French: pénitence",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: pénitence"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "la",
"3": "paenitentia"
},
"expansion": "Latin paenitentia",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin paenitentia.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "penitence oblique singular or",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "penitences",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "penitence",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "penitences",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "penitence oblique singular, f (oblique plural penitences, nominative singular penitence, nominative plural penitences)",
"name": "fro-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old French",
"lang_code": "fro",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old French entries with incorrect language header",
"Old French feminine nouns",
"Old French lemmas",
"Old French nouns",
"Old French terms borrowed from Latin",
"Old French terms derived from Latin",
"fro:Christianity"
],
"glosses": [
"penitence (repentance for one's sins)"
],
"links": [
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"penitence",
"penitence#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly Christianity) penitence (repentance for one's sins)"
],
"topics": [
"Christianity"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "penitance"
},
{
"word": "penitaunce"
}
],
"word": "penitence"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'penitence oblique singular or', originally 'penitence oblique singular or f'",
"path": [
"penitence"
],
"section": "Old French",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "penitence",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'penitence oblique singular or', originally 'penitence oblique singular or f'",
"path": [
"penitence"
],
"section": "Old French",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "penitence",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
"msg": "suspicious related form tags ['feminine', 'canonical']: 'penitence oblique singular or' in 'penitence oblique singular, f (oblique plural penitences, nominative singular penitence, nominative plural penitences)'",
"path": [
"penitence"
],
"section": "Old French",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "penitence",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.