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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of penance.

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Examples

  • The eldest son of this much be-penanced marriage had two distinctions.

    Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

  • Others were subjected to lesser punishments or penanced, but the fate of many of the Inquisition's victims is unknown. [

    Bloggers.Pakistan 2009

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