penitence

The new series, though, was not said to have been born as an act of penitence.

She will be given back to you when your penitence is complete.

For this reason, memorial services have an air of penitence about them.

This was considered private and a personal act of penitence toward the gods.

Both the second and third days were viewed as occasions for penitence.

Centuries ago, this was a room for penitence and prayer.

Hope not that your penitence will make void our contract.

But penitence was not the feeling uppermost in my mind.

He is well used to being asked the purpose of his arduous penitence.

To Lincoln himself, penitence may have been nearer the point than thanks.

At that moment a groan of penitence came from an upper room.

A little manly penitence seemed to Jimmy to be in order.

Is there no good penitence but it be public?

At the same time, each performs her own act of rebellion - or is it penitence?

He poured out an incoherent story of love and penitence.

I'll be all sweet penitence and grief that I've dared set my will against his.

Even this act of penitence did not assuage their guilt.

Others come from or carrying heavy crosses knees in penitence.

Here he followed a life of prayer and penitence.

Is there no reality in the penitence thus sealed and witnessed by good works?

Instead, with his father long dead, "penitence" is the word he invokes.

Not in penitence: she had seen penitents, and this was none.

This visit, and these tears, were tokens of my penitence.

Such as are should have recourse to public penitence.

Naked, would I like to see them: for beauty alone should preach penitence.