penance

[US]/ˈpenəns/
[UK]/ˈpenəns/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to make someone do acts of self-punishment to atone for sin
n. self-punishment; repentance

Phrases & Collocations

do penance

act of penance

penance ritual

Example Sentences

They had confessed their sins and done their penance.

he had done public penance for those hasty words.

a hair shirt to penance him for his folly in offending.

She knelt at her mother’s feet in penance.

Are you willing to do penance for your sins,my son?

6 Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.

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