Both Uses
penance
in
Clay, by David Almond
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- I knelt at the altar rail and said my penance.
Part 1 *penance = prayer to make up for wrong-doing
- Just confess, do your penance, be done with it.†
Part 4
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)