Antonyms for penance

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pen-uh ns

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn əns

Definition of penance

Origin : late 13c., "religious discipline or self-mortification as a token of repentance and as atonement for some sin," from Anglo-French penaunce, Old French peneance (12c.), from Latin pænitentia (see penitence). Transferred sense is recorded from c.1300.

noun reparation for wrong

Example sentences :

He forced himself to face them regularly as a penance and a corrective.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

I say because it is a part of my penance for the sin which I have sinned.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

"No penance at all, I assure you," answered Peter with something like a smile.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

Let not the penance for a rashness, to which fate urges me on, attach to my country, but to me.
Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I suppose he's going to keep me waiting for days, as a penance.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

In prayer and penance and fasting he would find help and consolation.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

It's only a life of penance and suffering you've come back to, my poor lad.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

There's nothing but prayer and penance and fasting left to us, is there?
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

"But perhaps he staid all night at his penance in the church," said the Father.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

Your penance, my son, shall be of the same kind with your offence.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

Synonyms for penance

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