General Meanings:

The voice of conscience Penance in the dream warns that soon you will be offended by others, because your subconscious knows that you did something really wrong. You have to think about your own guilt and to start to repent for it.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Bad influence if penance – The meaning of penance in the dream shows that you will have dangerous influences from a stranger which will bring a huge damage to people around you;
• Anguish if do penance – The dream indicates that you are ready for penance and you will suffer from different pain;
• Bad news if see a penitent – When in the dream you see a penitent then you may expect bad and unpleasant news, which may bring unpleasant events in your life.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Pain if do penance – In the dream you do penance then you may expect painful period in your life, because we all pay for what we did to others.

* Please, see meaning of ash, confession.