Noun
- 1. repentance, penitence, penance, compunction, remorse, self-reproach
- usage: remorse for your past conduct
- 2. penance, sacrament
- usage: a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
- 3. penance, self-mortification, self-abasement, punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
- usage: voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
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