Synonyms for penance
ˈpɛn ənspenance

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1. repentance, penitence, penancenoun

   remorse for your past conduct

   Synonyms:
   repentance, penitence, self-abasement, self-mortification

2. penancenoun

   a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution

   Synonyms:
   penitence, self-mortification, repentance, self-abasement

3. penance, self-mortification, self-abasementnoun

   voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

   Synonyms:
   penitence, self-mortification, repentance, self-abasement

Matched Categories

1. • Compunction
   • Punishment
   • Sacrament

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1. penancenoun

   Synonyms:
   punishment (self-inflicted or imposed by ecclesiastical authority), mortification, maceration, humiliation, penalty

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1. Greg Gutfeld:

   He is unifying us. Because we are all getting really, really sick of being told we are a bunch of racist rubes. He has gotten to the point where he is actually inviting outside consultants to tell us that we suck. It is all part of his greater pernicious attitude towards America, we can no longer think we are exceptional because that is racist and xenophobic. Even patriotism stands out as an anomaly. The flag is racist, apple pie is racist. We have seen the stories. ‘America last’ is our penance for being ‘America first.’.

2. Jamie Clark:

   The perpetrators of 2008 still need to pay a penance and must shrink balance sheets in so doing, we read job cuts as only one sign of the secular, rather than cyclical trend to permanently smaller banks.

3. Aaron Kohli:

   The penance for a delay of the hike is a much steeper hike...That’s the balance the market’s been playing with, the longer the Fed stays on hold, the more risk there is that factors like inflation will build up.

4. Francis Cardinal George, OMI:

   On the cross, Jesus overcame sin. On the evening of the day he rose from the dead, Christ gave his apostles power to forgive sins. In the Sacrament of Penance, through the ministry of the Church, Christ releases the power of Easter into our lives.

5. Sunayana Dumala:

   I hope in the years that you must spend in the jail you will one day realize the magnitude of your mistake and work towards your penance.