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penance (57 synonym found)

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lustration

mea culpa

ruth

punishment

penal retribution

penitential act

sackcloth and ashes

compensation

make amends

atone

remorsefulness

holy orders

reformation

penitently

do penance

self-punishment

heartfelt apology

penitence

purgation

suffering

change of heart

purgatory

deathbed repentance

compunction

penalty

baptism

self-mortification

attrition

maceration

extreme unction

atonement

abject apology

flagellation

Yom Kippur

cold purgatorial fires

reparation

regret

fasting

apology

matrimony

penalization

seven sacraments

saeta

contrition

rue

penitential exercise

hair shirt

asceticism

Day of Atonement

the Eucharist

mortification

remorse

wearing a hairshirt

amends

pay

repentance

confirmation

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Definition of penance:

(n) : a voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act

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Definition of penance:

(n) : a voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act

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