penance /penˈəns/

1. An act of humiliation or punishment, either undertaken voluntarily or imposed by a priest to express or show evidence of sorrow for sin
2. The sacrament by which absolution is conveyed (involving contrition, confession, and satisfaction) (RC and Orthodox church)
3. Expiation
4. Punishment (Milton)
5. Repentance (obsolete)
6. Hardship

To impose penance on

• bereavements
• bereaven
• bereaves
• bereaving
• bereft
• beres
• Beres drops
• beret
• berets
• berg
• berg-adder
• berg-adders
• bergama
• bergamask
• bergamasks
• bergamot
• bergamots
• bergander
• berganders
• berg-cedar
• berg-cedars
• bergen
• bergenia
• bergenias
• bergens