Penance or penance means a punishment undergone as an offering for the forgiveness of a sin--
He was taught to repeat prayers as a penance for his transgressions.
They are all working late, as a sort of penance for missing the deadline on the last job.
Pennants or pennants ( rhymes with penance ) is the plural ( more than one ) of "pennant", meaning a long flag with a pointed end, sometimes used as identification or as a signal, sometimes as an emblem of victory--
We bought those pennants at the World's Fair, many years ago.
The baseball team has won several pennants in the past, but it's been on a losing streak lately.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"He thinks of losing as a form of penance, and that championship pennants are the result of divine intervention."
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