penance

n. self-imposed punishment; self-mortification, affliction; repentance

Penance is repentance of sins, as well as the name of the Catholic Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation/Confession. The word penance derives via Old French penance from the Latin poenitentia, the same root as penitence, which in English means repentance, the desire to be forgiven, see contrition; in many languages only one single word is derived. Penance and repentance, similar in their derivation and original sense, have come to symbolize conflicting views of the essence of repentance, arising from the controversy as to the respective merits of "faith" and "good works."
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Noun
1. remorse for your past conduct
(synonym) repentance, penitence
(hypernym) compunction, remorse, self-reproach
2. a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution
(hypernym) sacrament
(hyponym) confession
(part-meronym) absolution, remission, remittal, remission of sin
3. voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
(synonym) self-mortification, self-abasement
(hypernym) punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation

(v. t.)
To impose penance; to punish.
  

(n.)
Repentance.
  

(n.)
Pain; sorrow; suffering.
  

(n.)
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.
  

n.
جوگ, تپسيا, بيراگ, نفس کشي, پراشچت, توبہ, کفارہ, رياضت تنبيہ