| NOUN | feeling | penance, repentance, penitence | remorse for your past conduct |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | penance | a Catholic sacrament | |
| act | penance, self-mortification, self-abasement | voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing |
| Sounds | peh'nahns | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | remorse for your past conduct. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | repentance, penitence | |
| Broader | compunction, remorse, self-reproach | A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) |
| Spanish | arrepentimiento, penitencia | |
| Catalan | penediment, penitència | |
| Meaning | A Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution. | |
|---|---|---|
| Parts | absolution, remission, remittal, remission of sin | The act of absolving or remitting |
| Narrower | confession | (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution |
| Broader | sacrament | A formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it |
| Spanish | penitencia | |
| Catalan | penitència | |
| Meaning | Voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | self-mortification, self-abasement | |
| Broader | punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation | The act of punishing |
| Spanish | autodegradación, automortificación, penitencia | |
| Catalan | penitència | |
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