Words and phrases that have a meaning related to penance: (136 results)
Contains:
absolution, remission, remission of sin
Often used in the same context:
penitence, penitential, expiation, atonement, repentance, contrition, asceticism, venial sin, austerities, propitiation, flagellation, absolution, repenting, lovingkindness, sins, ritual, penitent, piety, mortification, atoning, metanoia, plenary indulgence, sinfulness, indulgences, simony, fasting, forgiveness, oblation, abasement, purgation, priestly, mea culpa, holiness, sexual immorality, flagellants, sackcloth, uncleanness, concupiscence, cilice, chastisement, recompense, exorcism, punishment, proselyte, contemplation, abnegation, introspection, heathen, abstemiousness, celibates, gratuitousness, samsara, infamies, baal, tonsure, sinner, salvation, husbandly, sabbaths, deity, piousness, intemperance, redemption, salah, novenas, tithing, apology, sanctification, almsgiving, devotions, mendicant, harakiri, prayer, humility, reparation, hermitage, holy eucharist, triduum, salat, humiliation, sacrament, impiety, raiment, immodesty, forgiver, nazarite, scourging, ritualism, transubstantiation, yhvh, diety, slothfulness, mortal sin, saint, saintliness, obeisance, mitzvahs, apostleship, lowliness, flagellate, crucifixion, cassock, penances, mortifications, affliction, penalty, privations, sacrifice, travail, disappointment, heartache, homage, ordeals, penalties
More specific:
confession
Appears in the definition of:
., absolution, confession, flagellant, hair shirt, penitent, penitential, peri, remission, remission of sin, remittal, sacrament
More general:
compunction, penalization, remorse, self-reproach
Synonyms:
Also try:self-abasement, self-mortification
— Adjectives for penance: public, severe, great, long, private, canonical, heavy, hard, true, austere, rigorous, more...
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