- Atonement - Penitence - Self-punishment - Repentance. - Pain; sorrow; suffering. - A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon
for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly
in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the
transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman
Catholic Church. - To impose penance; to punish.
- bailiwick - Self-control; branch of instruction - The treatment suited to a disciple or learner;
education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise;
training, whether physical, mental, or moral. - Training to act in accordance with established rules;
accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill. - Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and
control; habit of obedience. - Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by
means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc. - Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way
of correction and training.