penance penalty • penanceless · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · penance · · Text Latin · · Script 7 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) remorse for your past conduct. Synonyms: repentance, penitence. · · Noun Definition 1 (noun) a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution. · · Noun Definition 2 (noun) voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing. Synonyms: self-mortification, self-abasement. · · Noun Definition 3 Synonyms · · · repentance · · Synonym 1 penitence · · Synonym 2 self-mortification · · Synonym 3 self-abasement · · Synonym 4 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070