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confession(noun, disclosure, forfeit, forgiveness, reparation)
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absolution(noun, forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, retribution)
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acknowledgment(noun, disclosure)
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avowal(noun, disclosure)
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forgiveness(noun, forfeit, reparation, absolution, retribution)
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penance(noun, woe, forfeit, reassurance, reparation)
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admission
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amnesty
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confessional(noun, disclosure)
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exculpation
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exoneration
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fasting
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flagellation(noun, atonement)
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lustration
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maceration(noun, atonement)
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pardon
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purgation(forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, absolution, retribution)
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remission
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sackcloth and ashes(noun, expression, idiom, woe, forfeit)
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atonement(noun, forfeit, reparation, self-punishment)
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