PENANCE


Meaning of PENANCE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ public

VERB + PENANCE

▪ do , pay

Has anyone ever paid a higher ~ for telling a lie?

PREPOSITION

▪ as a ~

He devoted his life to helping the poor as a ~ for his past crimes.

▪ in ~

She kneeled at her mother's feet in ~.

▪ ~ for

He decided to do public ~ for his sins.

PHRASES

▪ an act of ~

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