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penance

Roman Catholic sacrament, involving confession of sins and receiving absolution, and works performed (or punishment self-inflicted) in atonement for sin. Penance is worked out nowadays in terms of good deeds rather than routine repetition of prayers.
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There be monks in Russia, for penance, that will sit a whole night in a vessel of water, till they be engaged with hard ice.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
That is my crime, Father Brown, and I don't know what penance you would inflict for it.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
Goddard's accordingly the very next day, to undergo the necessary penance of communication; and a severe one it was.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
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