Big Huge Thesaurus

penance

noun

• repentance
• penitence
• self-mortification
• self-abasement
• compunction
• penalisation
• penalization
• penalty
• punishment
• remorse
• sacrament
• self-reproach

sounds kind of like

• pa'anga
• paeoniaceae
• pains
• paiwanic
• panacea
• panache
• panamica
• panamiga
• panax
• pancake
• pang
• panga
• pangaea
• pangea
• panic
• panicky
• panocha
• panoche
• panonychus
• pansa
• pansy
• paunch
• paunchy
• paving
• paying
• peeing
• peiping
• peneus
• pengo
• penis
• pennines
• penning
• penny-wise
• penoche
• penuche
• peonage
• peppiness
• pfennig
• phenicia
• phimosis
• phoenicia
• phoenix
• phone jack
• phone message
• phonemic
• phonemics
• phonic
• phonics
• piano music
• pin oak
• pinaceae
• pinch
• pinche
• pincus
• pine mouse
• pineus
• ping
• pining
• pink
• pinkeye
• pinkie
• pinkish
• pinko
• pinky
• pinnace
• pinning
• pinsk
• pinus
• piping
• pms
• pneumococcus
• pneumonic
• pomoxis
• ponca
• ponce
• poncho
• pong
• pongee
• pongo
• ponka
• pons
• pop music
• popinjay
• popping
• pounce
• poyang
• puffiness
• puffing
• puffinus
• pumice
• punch
• pung
• punic
• punica
• punicaceae
• puniness
• punish
• punk
• punkah
• punkey
• punkie
• punks
• punky
• punning
• pyaemic
• pyemic

rhymes with

• abhorrence
• absence
• abstinence
• abundance
• acceptance
• accordance
• acquaintance
• acquiescence
• adherence
• admittance
• adolescence
• allegiance
• ambivalence
• ambulance
• appearance
• arrogance
• ascendance
• assistance
• assurance
• attendance
• avoidance
• balance
• beneficence
• benevolence
• brilliance
• cadence
• capacitance
• circumference
• clarence
• clearance
• coexistence
• cognizance
• coherence
• coincidence
• comeuppance
• condolence
• confidence
• conformance
• connivance
• conscience
• consequence
• consistence
• constance
• contrivance
• convalescence
• convenience
• convergence
• correspondence
• countenance
• counterbalance
• counterintelligence
• credence
• decadence
• dependence
• diligence
• disappearance
• dissonance
• distance
• disturbance
• divergence
• dominance
• ebullience
• elegance
• eloquence
• emergence
• eminence
• entrance
• equivalence
• essence
• evanescence
• evidence
• excellence
• existence
• extravagance
• florence
• forbearance
• fragrance
• governance
• grievance
• guidance
• hindrance
• imbalance
• immanence
• imminence
• impatience
• impedance
• importance
• impotence
• imprudence
• inadvertence
• incidence
• incoherence
• incompetence
• incontinence
• inconvenience
• independence
• inductance
• indulgence
• inheritance
• innocence
• insignificance
• insistence
• insolence
• instance
• insurance
• intelligence
• interdependence
• interference
• intransigence
• irrelevance
• jurisprudence
• lawrence
• licence
• license
• luminance
• luminescence
• maintenance
• malfeasance
• negligence
• noninterference
• nonviolence
• nuisance
• observance
• obsolescence
• omnipotence
• omnipresence
• opulence
• ordinance
• ordnance
• overabundance
• overconfidence
• parlance
• patience
• performance
• permanence
• perseverance
• persistence
• pestilence
• petulance
• phosphorescence
• pittance
• precedence
• predominance
• preeminence
• preponderance
• presence
• prevalence
• prominence
• provenance
• provence
• providence
• province
• prudence
• quintessence
• reappearance
• reassurance
• recalcitrance
• recognizance
• reconnaissance
• reinsurance
• relevance
• reluctance
• remembrance
• reminiscence
• remittance
• repentance
• resemblance
• residence
• resistance
• resonance
• resurgence
• reticence
• riddance
• self-confidence
• semblance
• senescence
• sentence
• sequence
• significance
• silence
• submergence
• subsidence
• subsistence
• substance
• surveillance
• sustenance
• teleconference
• terence
• transcendence
• turbulence
• unbalance
• valence
• vehemence
• vengeance
• vigilance
• violence
• virulence