Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PENITENCE
repentance, penitence, penance
(noun) remorse for your past conduct
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
penitence (countable and uncountable, plural penitences)
The condition of being penitent; a feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.
Synonyms
• compunction, contrition, remorse, repentance, penance, atonement
• See also remorse
Source: Wiktionary
Pen"i*tence, n. Etym: [F. pénitence, L. paenitentia. See Penitent, and cf. Penance.]
Definition: The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition. "Penitence of his old guilt." Chaucer. Death is deferred, and penitenance has room To mitigate, if not reverse, the doom. Dryden.
Syn.
– Repentance; contrition; compunction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
21 April 2025
ENCYCLOPEDIA
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
Coffee Trivia
