penance
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penance englanniksi
A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
(RQ:Wordsworth Coleridge Lyrical Ballads)
A sacrament in some Christian churches that involves penitence (remorse plus restitution via prayer).
Any instrument of self-punishment.
(RQ:Keats Lamia)
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