#penance a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution
supertype: sacrament a formal religious act conferring a specific grace on those who receive it
subtype: confession (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
part: absolution__remission__remittal__remission_of_sin the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
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