PENANCE Synonyms

• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

• something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

• something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

• the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

• compensation for a wrong

• the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

• the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty

• a payment required for not fulfilling a contract

• the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition

• (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game

• the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty

• compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

• (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors

• the act of putting something in working order again

• something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

• the act of restoring something to its original state

• getting something back again

• remorse for your past conduct

• remorse for your past conduct

• voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

• voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing