how to pronounce покаяние

/pəkɐˈjænʲɪje/

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покаяние is pronounced in five syllables

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An example use of покаяние in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… моя вера моя молитва мое покаяние должно …”

meanings of покаяние

noun:

Repentance, penitence.
Confession.

покаяние frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word покаяние occurs in russian on average 6.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.