penance

As nouns the difference between penance and stoicism

is that penance is a voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act while stoicism is a school of philosophy during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing oneself from emotional distress.

As a verb penance

is to impose penance; to punish.

As nouns the difference between penance and stoic

is that penance is a voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act while stoic is proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 (BCE) up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.

As a verb penance

is to impose penance; to punish.

As an adjective stoic is

of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.

As verbs the difference between atone and penance

is that atone is to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime or a sin one has committed while penance is to impose penance; to punish.

As a noun penance is

a voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing it may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.

As nouns the difference between meditation and penance

is that meditation is a devotional exercise of, or leading to contemplation while penance is a voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.

As a verb penance is

to impose penance; to punish.

As nouns the difference between penance and patience

is that penance is a voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act while patience is the quality of being patient.

As a verb penance

is to impose penance; to punish.

As a proper noun Patience is

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In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between pity and penance

is that pity is (obsolete) piety while penance is (obsolete) pain; sorrow; suffering.

As nouns the difference between pity and penance

is that pity is (uncountable) a feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something while penance is a voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing it may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.

As verbs the difference between pity and penance

is that pity is to feel pity for (someone or something) while penance is to impose penance; to punish.

As an interjection pity

is short form of what a pity.

As nouns the difference between penance and null

is that penance is a voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing it may be intended to serve as reparation for the act while null is zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.

As a verb penance

is to impose penance; to punish.

As nouns the difference between penance and attrition

is that penance is a voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act while attrition is wearing or grinding down by friction.

As a verb penance

is to impose penance; to punish.

As nouns the difference between penance and suffering

is that penance is a voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act while suffering is the condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.

As verbs the difference between penance and suffering

is that penance is to impose penance; to punish while suffering is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective suffering is

experiencing pain.{{jump|experiencing pain}} singular.

As nouns the difference between penalty and penance

is that penalty is a legal sentence while penance is a voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.

As a verb penance is

to impose penance; to punish.