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单词 do penance
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do penance in American English

to do one or more acts of penance
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Examples of 'do penance' in a sentence
do penance

She began to do penance when she was eight years old; she slept on straw with a block of hard wood in place of a pillow.
Newbery, Linda RIDDLE ME THIS (1993)

Synonyms of 'do penance'

atone, suffer, make amends, make reparation
More Synonyms of do penance
(phrase) 
He is doing penance for a lifetime of crime.
Synonyms
atone
He felt he had atoned for what he had done.
suffer
make amends
make reparation
accept punishment
show contrition
mortify yourself
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Nearby words of
do penance

  • do away with someone
  • do away with something
  • do for something or someone
  • do penance
  • do someone in
  • do someone out of something
  • do something in

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