English noun: penance |
1. | penance (feeling) remorse for your past conduct |
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| Synonyms | penitence, repentance |
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| Broader (hypernym) | compunction, remorse, self-reproach |
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2. | penance (act) a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution |
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| Broader (hypernym) | sacrament |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | confession |
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| Part holonym | absolution, remission, remission of sin, remittal |
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3. | penance (act) voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing |
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| Synonyms | self-abasement, self-mortification |
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| Broader (hypernym) | penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment |
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