Term: penance: voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
Candidate hypernym: punishment: the act of punishing → 1
Candidate hypernym: fancy goods: goods that are chiefly ornamental → 0
Candidate hypernym: cupcake: small cake baked in a muffin tin → 0
Candidate hypernym: immediacy: lack of an intervening or mediating agency → 0
Candidate hypernym: house guest: a guest entertained in your house → 0
Candidate hypernym: relay: a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals → 0
Candidate hypernym: strophanthus: any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds → 0
Candidate hypernym: going: advancing toward a goal → 0
Candidate hypernym: cutlery: tableware implements for cutting and eating food → 0
Candidate hypernym: coverage: the extent to which something is covered → 0
Candidate hypernym: daze: the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally → 0