penance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
remorse for your past conduct
Types & categories
- self-reproach hypernym
Related & opposite
- rue derivation
- penitent derivation
- penitential derivation
- penitentiary derivation
Sense 2 noun
a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
Types & categories
- sacrament hypernym
- confession hyponym
Parts & wholes
- remission of sin part meronym
Sense 3 noun
voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
Types & categories
- punishment hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rue |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | penitent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | penitential |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | penitentiary |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | self-reproach |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | remission of sin |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sacrament |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | confession |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | punishment |