Punitive seating for public confession.

Repentance (/tʃuvɑː/; "return") is one element of atoning for sin in Judaism.

Tawba (alternatively spelled: tevbe or tawbah, )B. Silverstein Islam and Modernity in Turkey Springer 2011 page 124 is the Islamic concept of repenting to God due to performing any sins and misdeeds.

Repentance (a term related to ), in Christianity, refers to being sorrowful for having committed sin and then turning away from sin toward a life of holiness.