penance

As nouns the difference between confession and penance

is that confession is the open admittance of having done something (especially of something bad) 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 confusion and penance

is that confusion is confusion 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.

In obsolete terms the difference between penance and expiation

is that penance is pain; sorrow; suffering while expiation is the act of expiating or stripping off; plunder; pillage.

As nouns the difference between penance and expiation

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 expiation is an act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.

As a verb penance

is to impose penance; to punish.

As an adjective punitive

is inflicting punishment, punishing.

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 a verb penance is

to impose penance; to punish.

As verbs the difference between penance and penanced

is that penance is to impose penance; to punish while penanced is (penance).

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 taxonomy and penance

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification 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 penitance and penance

is that penitance is 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 redemption

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 redemption is the act of redeeming or something redeemed.

As a verb penance

is to impose penance; to punish.

As nouns the difference between penance and mortification

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 mortification is the act of mortifying.

As a verb penance

is to impose penance; to punish.