penance, n.
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a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
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penance
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remorse for your past conduct
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penance penitence repentance
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derivationally related form
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voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
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penance self-abasement self-mortification
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