All 4 Uses of
penance
in
For Whom the Bell Tolls
- I think that after the war there will have to be some great penance done for the killing.†
Chpt 15 *
- If we no longer have religion after the war then I think there must be some form of civic penance organized that all may be cleansed from the killing or else we will never have a true and human basis for living.†
Chpt 15
- The killing is necessary, I know, but still the doing of it is very bad for a man and I think that, after all this is over and we have won the war, there must be a penance of some kind for the cleansing of us all.†
Chpt 15
- I wish there were a penance for it that one could commence now because it is the only thing that I have done in all my life that makes me feel badly when I am alone.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(penance) self-punishment, prayer, or other action to make up for wrong-doing
or:
a religious practice (often called confession) involving confession, forgiveness, and atonement