penance (n.)

  1. remorse for your past conduct

    [ Syn: repentance , penitence ]

  2. a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution

  3. voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

    [ Syn: self-mortification , self-abasement ]

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