Definitions for penance

Overview of noun penance

The noun penance has 3 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (1) repentance, penitence, penance

(remorse for your past conduct)

2. (1) penance

(a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution)

3. penance, self-mortification, self-abasement

(voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing)