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 . 爲(wèi)了表示歉意,她說她要給他們每個(gè)人都買一盒巧尅力。 They are doing penance for theirsins . 他們正在爲(wèi)自己的罪過而懺悔。 返回 penance