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penance

 
Noun penance has 3 senses
  1. repentance, penitence, penance - remorse for your past conduct
    --1 is a kind of compunction, remorse, self-reproach
  2. penance - a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution
    --2 is a kind of
    sacrament
    --2 has parts: absolution, remission, remittal, remission of sin
    --2 has particulars: confession
  3. penance, self-mortification, self-abasement - voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
    --3 is a kind of punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
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