penance /ˈpɛnəns/

• 1. 

  N-VAR If you do penance for something wrong that you have done, you do something that you find unpleasant to show that you are sorry. 赎罪; 悔罪; 忏悔

  例：

  ...a time of fasting, penance, and pilgrimage.

  ...斋戒、赎罪和朝圣的一个时代。