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do penance

  • as inatone
  • as inexpiate
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Synonyms for do penance

verb compensate; make amends for former misdoing
  • apologize
  • redeem
  • absolve
  • answer
  • appease
  • balance
  • correct
  • counterbalance
  • expiate
  • offset
  • outweigh
  • pay
  • propitiate
  • recompense
  • reconcile
  • redress
  • repair
  • square
  • do penance
  • make amends
  • make redress
  • make reparation
  • make up for
  • pay one's dues
  • set off
  • take one's medicine

Antonyms for do penance

  • disagree
  • spoil
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

More words related to do penance

atone

verb. compensate; make amends for former misdoing
  • absolve
  • answer
  • apologize
  • appease
  • balance
  • correct
  • counterbalance
  • do penance
  • expiate
  • make amends
  • make redress
  • make reparation
  • make up for
  • offset
  • outweigh
  • pay
  • pay one's dues
  • propitiate
  • recompense
  • reconcile
  • redeem
  • redress
  • repair
  • set off
  • square
  • take one's medicine

expiate

verb. make amends for

expiates

verb. make amends for
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.