Both Uses
penance
in
The Westing Game
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- It was her penance to go back, not her due.†
p. 112.8 *
- She had not suffered enough for her sins, her penance was yet to begin.†
p. 153.4
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)