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penitence

[pen-i-tuhns] / ˈpɛn ɪ təns /


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Demski agrees to a point - when the company started off, many of its first beers had aggressive names such as Anger, Penitence, Distorter and Doom Slayer, and Holewczynski created dark labels to match.

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2016

Penitence finally arrived at the six-minute mark, when forward Marcus Johansson fumbled Brouwer’s errant pass off his skate and sparked an odd-man rush the other way.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2015

Penitence was seriously enacted; payments were made; serious apologies were enacted.

From Time • May 25, 2014

Penitence is, after all, this book’s whole point.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2011

The place was only visible from; the belfry of the Chapel of the Holy Penitence nearby; it would do very well.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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