Examples of 'penitence' in a sentence
Meaning of "penitence"
Penitence (noun) refers to feelings of regret, remorse, or sorrow for wrongdoing or sins. It involves acknowledging and taking responsibility for one's actions, as well as seeking forgiveness or atonement
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- The condition of being penitent; a feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.
How to use "penitence" in a sentence
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Your penitence may be nearing its end.
The next step after penitence is repentance.
Act of penitence as reparation for sins committed.
Was substituted for penitence of the heart.
Penitence and good deeds are as a shield.
God calls for penitence and reformation.
You have started on the course of penitence.
Forget about your penitence of silence.
Where there is no time given for penitence.
So the greatest penitence must be ours.
I have always lived in abstinence and penitence.
Ashes mean penitence and death.
And tomorrow we will all fast in penitence.
Tell them no penitence is ever enough.
The congregation intended to lead a life of penitence.
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He shall be saved through penitence and repentance.
Such as are should have recourse to public penitence.
You can make penitence by saving her life.
Here he followed a life of prayer and penitence.
I will do your penitence for you.
This work is an outpouring of thanksgiving and penitence.
My penitence lasted all through my pregnancy.
And out they went on foot like penitence.
The possibility of penitence on his knees.
Public offenses call for public penitence.
My proper penitence has not been paid.
Miriam must have joined in that penitence.
Penitence is something one places on themself.
It was offered as a pious man gives penitence.
The lightness of this penitence distressed me.
The penitence represented in the cucuruchos.
And inspire him with thoughts of penitence.
It prescribes only penitence and bearing witness to penitence.
Until they made their meager penitence.
The idea of penitence exhales from it.
He may prove the reality of his penitence.
Penitence may well supplant punishment.
And no amount of penitence could help him there.
Penitence does everything possible to make amends.
It is good that you recognize penitence.
But her penitence is real.
If you show your sincere penitence.
See how tears of penitence wash away his sins.
Maybe going to the seminary was my act of penitence.
How many days of penitence to wash.
Remember that fasting is an important part of your penitence.
Repudiation of it with penitence and tears.
His penitence is obviously real.
Days and nights spent in penitence.
His penitence does not seem to have survived his recovery.
