noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
do
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If found guilty, her head would be shaved and she would be required to do penance for life.
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Edwin did public penance , appearing, for a change, in church the next day.
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He whose sperm flows while he is sleeping shall do penance for three days.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Members of the order led a life of prayer, fasting, and penance .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As penance , Gandhi fasted three days and asked his followers to fast twenty-four hours.
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He subsequently decided to do penance for the deed, and set off to his foundation at Agaune.
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She had spoken of a reward, not a penance !
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This device will say your penance for you automatically.
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When it was over, the penance would be unexpectedly light.