penance
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈpen.əns/us/ˈpen.əns/anactthatshowsthat youfeelsorryabout something that you have done, sometimes forreligiousreasons:
悔过，悔罪；补赎As a penance, she said she wouldbuythem all aboxofchocolates.为了表示歉意，她说她要给他们每个人都买一盒巧克力。
They aredoingpenancefortheirsins.他们正在为自己的罪过而忏悔。
Making & accepting apologies
- afraid
- apologetically
- apologize
- atone forsomething
- atonement
- bury the hatchetidiom
- conciliatory
- crawl back (tosomeone)idiom
- excuse
- expiate
- forgiving
- pardonable
- peace
- plead
- remission
- repent
- sink
- soz
- takesomethingback
- turn the other cheekidiom
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Religious concepts: sin