Term: penance: voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: mock-heroic: a satirical imitation of heroic verse → 0
Candidate hypernym: taiwanese: a native or inhabitant of Taiwan → 0
Candidate hypernym: opening: the initial part of the introduction → 0
Candidate hypernym: groundhog day: if the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter → 0
Candidate hypernym: furnace room: a room (usually in the basement of a building) that contains a furnace for heating the building → 0
Candidate hypernym: musk turtle: small freshwater turtle having a strong musky odor → 0
Candidate hypernym: critter: a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals) → 0
Candidate hypernym: bell heather: common low European shrub with purple-red flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: skilled worker: a worker who has acquired special skills → 0
Candidate hypernym: fashion: characteristic or habitual practice → 0