Penal

retribution; punishment for offense; forfeiture; Pennant. of fine. — Pen'ance.-ans.n. Suffer the ing imposed or submitted to as a punishment for faults, or as an expre ion of penitence. {Rom. Cath. Ch.) A sacrament, a ociated with absolution. — Pen'itent, -T-tent, a. Repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolving on amendment of life.— n. One who repents of sin; one under church censure, but admitted to penance; one under the direction of a confe or. — Pen'itence, -tens, n. Condition of being, etc.; contrition; compunction; remorse.— Peniten'tial, -shal, a. Pert, to, proceeding from, or expre ing penitence. — Peniten'tiary, -sha-rT, a. Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance. — n. One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance; one who does penance; a house of correction in which offenders are confined for punishment and reformation, and compelled to laborj state prison.