Sentence examples for form of penance from inspiring English sources
The idea is that all sins, even after they are forgiven, must be atoned for through some form of penance.
Some have suggested Broad's interest in downtown is a form of penance, something the solemn mogul denies.
Recently, many, including Gates and Buffett, have taken to pledging to dedicate most of their wealth to philanthropy, in an apparent form of penance.
Undaunted, Shivaji feigned illness and, as a form of penance, began to send out enormous baskets filled with sweets to be distributed among the poor.
It's the kind of detail guaranteed to come up in any marital spat, lo these many months later, and I'm still renting Sandra Bullock movies for us as a form of penance.
The idea of banishment and exile as a form of penance, and suffering as atonement for wrongs committed are well-known concepts central to the great Indian epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata.
This form of yogic penance had not, however, stopped Puri from getting about.
In this article, Professor Stephen Garvey argues that punishment in such a community would be understood as a form of secular penance and would form part of the process by which the wrongdoer atones for his wrongdoing.
People often associate asceticism with religious zealots and extremists who use fasting, physical punishment, and other forms of bodily penance to achieve virtue.
