penance
noun
1. remorse for your past conduct
Similar word(s): penitence, repentance
Definition categories: feeling, compunction, remorse
2. a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
Definition categories: act, sacrament
3. voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
Definition categories: act, penalization, penalty, punishment
verb
1. To impose penance; to punish.