verb
- performing acts of penance; doing something to show sorrow for wrongdoing
Usage: present participle of ‘penance’; rare
Examples
- He spent the week penancing for his harsh words to his sister.
- The monk was penancing through prayer and fasting.
- She felt she was penancing enough by volunteering at the shelter.
- After the argument, he began penancing by doing extra chores around the house.
- The community saw his charitable work as penancing for past mistakes.