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