doing penance
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- prayerAddress to deity
absolution · contrition · sackcloth · ashes · kneeling · forgiveness · mortification · flagellation · pilgrimage · rosary · guilt · remorse · sacrifice · humility · sin · redemption · suffering · prostration
moral action
doing penancesinning
Committing moral wrongs
transgressing · offending · trespassing · backsliding · falling from grace
self-treatment
doing penanceself-gratification
Pleasing oneself, often excessively
hedonism · feasting · living it up · celebrating · luxury