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Penance

//ˈpɛn.əns//

Synonyms for "penance" (66 found)

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General use (65)

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Noun(29 words)

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maceration extreme unction lustration hair shirt remorsefulness self-mortification penalization self-punishment saeta

Verb(4 words)

punish suffer atone make amends

Noun, verb(4 words)

attrition regret fasting remorse

Name, noun(3 words)

reformation baptism ruth

Adj, noun, verb(1 words)

Name, noun, verb(2 words)

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Proper Noun(2 words)

Yom Kippur Day of Atonement

Intj, noun, verb(1 words)

sackcloth and ashes do penance penal retribution self-mortification cold purgatorial fires penitential act penitential exercise abject apology seven sacraments the Eucharist deathbed repentance heartfelt apology wearing a hairshirt

Adverb(1 words)

Informal (1)

Name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

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