Synonyms for Penance:

• interj.

  •mea culpa (interjection)
  • mied fault,
  • confessioned,
  • repentanced,
  • repentancing,
  • confessioning,
  • Penanced,
  • mying fault,
  • mies fault.

• n.

  •
  • angelic,
  • suffering,
  • angel,
  • blasphemous,
  • blasphemy,
  • purgation,
  • expiation,
  • blaspheme,
  • mortification,
  • article of faith,
  • archangel,
  • bless,
  • blessing.
  •
  • confession,
  • absolution,
  • contrition.
  •act (noun)
  • penance.
  •atonement (noun)
  • atonement,
  • retribution,
  • redress,
  • rectification,
  • compensation,
  • appeasement,
  • restitution,
  • satisfaction,
  • amends,
  • Recompensation,
  • redemption.
  •contrition (noun)
  • self reproaches,
  • self-reproaches,
  • selfreproach,
  • selfreproaches,
  • self reproach.
  •immolation (noun)
  • dis-counts,
  • hecatombs,
  • sacrificial lambs,
  • dis counts.
  •penitence (noun)
  • self-condemnation,
  • self-castigation.
  •punishment (noun)
  • rough treatment,
  • punitive measures,
  • disciplinary action,
  • punitive measure,
  • just desserts,
  • gallows,
  • what for.
  •remorse (noun)
  • re morse,
  • re morses,
  • re-morse,
  • re-morses,
  • pangs conscience.
  •reparation (noun)
  • re pair,
  • making goods,
  • re-pair,
  • re payment,
  • re pairs,
  • re-pairs,
  • re payments,
  • re-payments,
  • re-payment,
  • squaring thing.
  •reparation for wrong (noun)
  • hair shirt.

• n. & interj.

  •mea culpa (noun, interjection)
  • my faults,
  • mea-culpa,
  • penancing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • sacrifice.
  •limbo
  • purgatory.
  •Other relevant words:
  • baptize,
  • shrift,
  • incarceration,
  • confirm,
  • anele,
  • canonization,
  • be penitent,
  • attrition,
  • electrocution,
  • confess,
  • penitently,
  • forgiveness,
  • atone,
  • penances,
  • beg pardon,
  • matrimony,
  • flagellation,
  • sprinkle,
  • holy orders,
  • pains and penalties,
  • cold purgatorial fires,
  • beating,
  • officiate,
  • judgment,
  • apologize,
  • excommunicate,
  • redeem,
  • hanging,
  • dip,
  • do duty,
  • fasting,
  • repayment,
  • flogging,
  • abject apology,
  • purge,
  • sadness,
  • spanking,
  • auricular confession,
  • Birching,
  • lashing,
  • aspersion,
  • recant,
  • be sorry for,
  • submit,
  • handicap,
  • change of heart,
  • suffer,
  • propitiate,
  • chasten,
  • asceticism,
  • humble oneself,
  • forfeit,
  • Paddling,
  • disclose,
  • recompense,
  • acknowledge,
  • excommunication,
  • amercement,
  • self-punishment,
  • make good,
  • apology,
  • reformation,
  • minister,
  • communicate,
  • Penitency,
  • recantation,
  • self-flagellation,
  • baptism,
  • shrive,
  • expiate,
  • sackcloth and ashes,
  • beat,
  • avenge,
  • price,
  • mulct,
  • castigate,
  • transfiguration,
  • incense,
  • make amends,
  • Thurification,
  • grief,
  • Cashiering,
  • act of reparation,
  • maceration,
  • fine,
  • Viaticum,
  • pay,
  • extreme unction,
  • Sentencing,
  • atone for,
  • holy water,
  • remorsefulness,
  • Resipiscence,
  • ruefulness,
  • imprisonment,
  • SAETA,
  • wergild,
  • repair,
  • administer extreme unction,
  • martyrdom,
  • ransom,
  • Impanation,
  • amerce,
  • shame,
  • drawing and quartering,
  • penitential,
  • acknowledgment,
  • disclosure,
  • anoint,
  • reclaim,
  • exile,
  • pain,
  • whipping,
  • punish,
  • think better of,
  • act of contrition,
  • sorrow,
  • Scourging,
  • do penance,
  • make reparation,
  • processional,
  • execute,
  • confirmation,
  • self-abasement,
  • regret,
  • caning,
  • Weregild,
  • propitiation,
  • plead guilty,
  • chastise,
  • forfeiture,
  • self-mortification,
  • repent,
  • execution,
  • penalise,
  • absolve,
  • ruth,
  • sorrowfulness,
  • banishment,
  • payment,
  • penalize,
  • Lustration,
  • just deserts,
  • condemnation,
  • discipline,
  • sentence,
  • regretfulness,
  • lay hands on.

Paraphrases for Penance:

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    chastisement, punishment, retribution.

Antonyms for Penance:

• n.

  • reparation for wrong
    joy, happiness, reward.

Hypernym for Penance:

• n.

  • act
    confession.

Hyponym for Penance:

• n.

  • act
    sacrament.
  • feeling
    remorse, compunction, self-reproach.

Meronym for Penance:

• n.

  • act
    remission, remittal, remission of sin, absolution.