All 4 Uses
penance
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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- He was young, kind, tolerant and easy on the penances.†
Chpt 6 *
- She said her penance using her mother-of-pearl rosary to keep count of the prayers.†
Chpt 6
- She resolved that no matter what penance Father gave her, she would triple it voluntarily.†
Chpt 27
- I'm a bad Catholic because I miss mass once in a while and I grumble when, at confession, I get a heavy penance for something I couldn't help doing.†
Chpt 45
Definitions:
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(1)
(penance) an act that shows sorrow for wrongdoing -- such as expressing regret, asking for forgiveness, or trying to make up for the harm done
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)