penancing

/ˈpɛnənsɪŋ/
verb
  1. 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
  1. 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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