pay penance

Examples (10)

• Has anyone ever paid a higher penance for telling a lie?
• He spent years traveling the world to pay penance for his youthful mistakes.
• The fallen politician had to pay a heavy penance to regain the public's trust.
• She felt she was paying penance for every wrong decision she had ever made.
• The company was forced to pay penance through massive fines and environmental cleanup.
• In many cultures, one must pay penance before being welcomed back into the community.
• He is still paying the penance for the damage he caused to his family's reputation.
• Do you think they have paid enough penance for their crimes?
• The athlete worked tirelessly to pay penance for his poor performance in the previous season.
• She believed that suffering in silence was a way to pay penance for her secrets.