5
fasting(atonement, asceticism)
5
flagellation(rite, atonement, asceticism)
5
maceration(rite, atonement, asceticism)
5
purgation(noun, forfeit, reparation, atonement, self-punishment)
5
retribution(noun, abuse, discipline, reprimand, sanction)
4
apology(compensation, renewal, repentance, remorse, amends)
4
atone
4
attrition(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
4
satisfaction(noun, compensation, renewal, amends, damages)
4
sorrow(noun, shame, woe, anguish, humiliation)
3
hair shirt(noun, expression, idiom, forfeit, reparation)
3
do penance(expression, idiom, atonement, penitence)
3
lustration
3
make amends(expression, idiom, atonement)
3
mea culpa(noun, expression, interjection, guilt)
3
pay
3
price(noun, reprimand, sentence, penalty, castigation)
3
purgatory(noun, abuse, stick, discipline, reprimand)
3
remorsefulness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe)
3
ruth(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation)
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