All 3 Uses of
penance
in
Love's Labour's Lost
- No, my good lord; I have sworn to stay with you; And though I have for barbarism spoke more Than for that angel knowledge you can say, Yet confident I'll keep what I have swore, And bide the penance of each three years' day.†
Scene 1.1
- Sir, the Duke's pleasure is, that you keep Costard safe: and you must suffer him to take no delight nor no penance; but a' must fast three days a week.†
Scene 1.2 *
- The naked truth of it is: I have no shirt; I go woolward for penance.†
Scene 5.2
Definition:
self-punishment, prayer, or other action to make up for wrong-doing
or:
a religious practice (often called confession) involving confession, forgiveness, and atonement
or:
a religious practice (often called confession) involving confession, forgiveness, and atonement