To impose penance; to punish.
Any instrument of self-punishment.
A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
A sacrament in some Christian churches.
To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.
Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.