Penance Synonyms

pĕnəns
Voluntary punishment
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. mortification
  2. purgation
  3. repentance
  4. retribution
  5. compensation
  6. self-imposed atonement
  7. self-flagellation
  8. fasting
  9. suffering
  10. expiation
  11. paenitentia (Latin)
  12. self-mortification
  13. Beichte (German)
  14. sackcloth and ashes
  15. hair-shirt
  16. inward penance
  17. outward penance
  18. reparation
  19. self-abasement

Words Related to Penance

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Penance Sentence Examples

  • Jonny's penance for betraying his sister would last an eternity.

  • My penance must be served down here, where there is no light.

  • His penance is not yet served.

  • Penance might consist in fasting; it might consist in flagellation; it might consist in pilgrimage.

  • Richard had her put to public penance, but the people pitied her for her loveliness and womanly patience; her husband was dead, and now in poverty and disgrace she became a prisoner in London.

More Sentences