Words Like PENANCE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PENANCE.

9 Alternative Words Similar to penance

1 Repentance Noun Synonym Words Like Repentance

2 Penitence Noun Synonym Words Like Penitence

3 Penalisation Noun Synonym Words Like Penalisation

4 Penalization Noun Synonym Words Like Penalization

5 Penalty Noun Synonym Words Like Penalty

6 Punishment Noun Synonym Words Like Punishment

7 Pain Noun Synonym Words Like Pain

8 Suffering Noun Synonym Words Like Suffering

9 Confession Noun Hyponym Words Like Confession

10 definitions of penance

1 Repentance.

2 Pain; sorrow; suffering.

3 A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression, imposed by a confessor or other ecclesiastical authority. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church.

4 Any act performed by a person to atone for an offense to another; an act of atonement.

5 To impose penance; to punish.

6 a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution

7 remorse for your past conduct

8 voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

9 An act of self-mortification or devotion performed voluntarily to show sorrow for a sin or other wrongdoing.

10 A sacrament in some Christian churches that includes contrition, confession to a priest, acceptance of punishment, and absolution. Also called reconciliation.

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