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Urdu Word کفارہ Meaning in English

The Urdu Word کفارہ Meaning in English is Penance. The other similar words are Kaffara, Uqobat E Nafs, Touba and Nafs Kashi. The synonyms of Penance include are Absolution, Atonement, Attrition, Compensation, Compunction, Confession, Contrition, Expiation, Forgiveness, Mortification, Penalty, Penitence, Remorse, Repentance, Retribution, Rue, Ruth, Shrift, Sorrow, Suffering, Purgation, Remorsefulness, Punishment and Hair Shirt. Take a look at this page to find out more Kacha Meanings in English.

Definitions of Penance

n. Repentance.

n. Pain; sorrow; suffering.

n. A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression, imposed by a confessor or other ecclesiastical authority. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church.

n. Any act performed by a person to atone for an offense to another; an act of atonement.

transitive v. To impose penance; to punish.

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How To Spell Penance [pen-uh ns]

Origin of Penance Middle English: from Old French, from Latin paenitentia ‘repentance’, from the verb paenitere ‘be sorry’.

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