Penitency vs Penitence - What's the difference?

penitency | penitence |

As nouns the difference between penitency and penitence

is that penitency is while penitence is penance.

penitency

English

Noun

(Webster 1913)

penitence

English

(wikipedia penitence)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(-)

of being (l).

of (l) or (l) for doing (l) or (l).

Synonyms

* (l), (l), (l), (l) * See also