penancing
/ˈpɛnənsɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of penance; performing or imposing an act of penance.
- She felt she was always penancing for things that weren't her fault.
- He was penancing himself by sleeping on the floor for a week.
- The group spent the weekend penancing for their collective mistakes.
noun
- The act of performing penance.
- She found peace through regular penancing.
- The ritual penancing lasted for the entire month.
- His constant penancing was starting to worry his friends.
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