Here too we express penitence both for our neglect and for having sometimes regarded evangelism and social concern as mutually exclusive. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
The publicity of their penitence is also implied (compare Jer 7: 29; 48: 38). From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
What ... so I should, uh, flagellate myself in penitence?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference
May they soon come, in penitence, to pledge eternal fealty to the nation. From Wordnik.com. [The Curtained Throne] Reference
But it does not logically follow that the only way to show penitence is to go stick yourself in a cell. From Wordnik.com. [The Interesting Thing About Bad Priests] Reference
But the nutrients of the blood of life spilled in penitence help fortify the Sun to win the battle against the Night. From Wordnik.com. [Mythology and legends of the Nahua people: part 1] Reference
Her penitence was the beginning of the sentimental side of our acquaintance. From Wordnik.com. [The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage] Reference
I infer that you have come to tell me that the time left me, either for amusement or penitence, is short. ". From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
Large public acts of reparation (that's repentance, and penitence, which is repentance over the long-term). From Wordnik.com. [Douglas Knight] Reference
The penitence is the evidence of the wonder-working ministry of the great Restorer, and the life is becoming soft and gracious again. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining: Messages of Hope and Cheer] Reference
They weren't allowed to own any possessions, and if one of them said "MY book" he had to do a penitence, which is a kind of punishment. From Wordnik.com. [PC Podcast with Pete Cogle] Reference
By bringing thee, in penitence and sorrow. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. II. I. Southern Passages and Pictures; II. Historical and Dramatic Sketches; III. Scripture Legends; IV. Francesca Da Rimini] Reference
The sorrow of penitence, that is of purification and transformation, that sorrow is grace, ". From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
"That isn't a very helpful kind of penitence," remarked Mrs. Pennypoker, looking up from her plate. From Wordnik.com. [In Blue Creek Cañon] Reference
We shrink from giving the same trust to the long tale of penitence which is put into the mouth of the dying. From Wordnik.com. [William the Conqueror] Reference
This struck me hard, and I made haste, in a kind of penitence, to blot out all the good effect of my last speech. From Wordnik.com. [David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona] Reference
We shrink from giving the same trust to the long tale of penitence which is put into the mouth of the dying King. From Wordnik.com. [William the Conqueror]
"You shouldn't look upon it as some kind of penitence, as 'I have to do this because I want to do something healthy,'" he says. From Wordnik.com. [The Herald-Mail Online] Reference
I have always been impressed with that safety valve. true penitence is a press conference holding your wife’s hand when you are caught. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Birth Defects as God’s Punishment for Abortion] Reference
The penitence of Cassio is more prominent than was his fun. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
He sees every movement of penitence which looks toward home. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
You tell her how penitence has turned your life to monochrome. From Wordnik.com. [Without Consent] Reference
I conversed with them freely, but they showed no signs of penitence. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
Of Marien she thought: "He sits there as if he had been put 'en penitence'.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Betty showed proper penitence and meekness, to terminate on Saturday morning. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
Necessary as faith and penitence are, could either or both procure forgiveness?. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
At last Abenner himself yields to the faith, and after some years of penitence dies. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Nay, but I fear it was to do an act that years of prayer and penitence cannot efface. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
If they soil their clothes, they are shut up until reduced to a proper state of penitence. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
Yet for many white people, questions of social conscience and penitence were beside the point. From Wordnik.com. [O.J. Faces His Future] Reference
He was not sparing in words of humiliation and penitence, and promises of future good conduct. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
Cuthbert's mobile face was full of a merry, twinkling humor, and expressed no penitence at all. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
'I wrote all those,' added he in earnest penitence, 'and I vow faithfully never to do it again!'. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
I am so apt to think that the rending of an outer garment is a token of true penitence and amendment of life. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Once he seems struggling to say something, and his wife bends down to catch what may be some word of penitence. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
And Arethusa wept some more, scalding tears of still another sort of penitence: Aunt 'Senath was such a darling!. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
He made sure that it could not be opened on the outside, and then followed his betrothed to kneel within the place of penitence. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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