Defenition of the word penance

• Defenition of the word penance

  • a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution
  • voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
  • remorse for your past conduct
  • a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution

Synonyms for the word penance

• • apology
  • atonement
  • forfeit
  • hair shirt
  • penitence
  • reparation
  • repentance
  • sacrament
  • self-abasement
  • self-mortification
  • self-punishment

Similar words in the penance

• • penance
  • penance's
  • penanced
  • penances

Meronymys for the word penance

• • absolution
  • remission
  • remission of sin

Hyponyms for the word penance

• • confession

Hypernyms for the word penance

• • compunction
  • penalisation
  • penalization
  • penalty
  • punishment
  • remorse
  • sacrament
  • self-reproach

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