Penitence used in a sentence

Penitence in a sentence as a noun

And then spend the next thousand years in penitence for their crimes against the people of Yemen.

Given their penitence, a little mercy is in order.

I would like to hold my hands up and apply for penitence here, I am definitely guilty of that.

Gym has a bit more physical penitence going for it. There is a sense of real bonding that happens to people who suffer together.

He was a shrewd maybe ruthless businessman that's for sure -- but he's doing amazing things with his wealth now -- maybe this is his penitence?

In the first case, the implication is harsh self-imposed discipline and penitence.

Do you forever keep doing _more_ reducing yourself to a life of penitence and toil to be “exceptional”?

So you'd prefer ritualized penitence to insight about his business.

Forced penitence is a flawed concept to begin with which renders our penal system almost ineffectual in its current state.

I'd think one's actions are very much accounted for in catholicism, which is also why there is a big stress on confession/repenting and penitence.

The ending few sentences concludes with I have written this account in penitence and in grief, as a man who failed to raise his pig, and to explain my deviation from the classic course of so many raised pigs.

People who have supposedly paid their penitence for their crimes are still punished up to 7 years after the fact, or longer, and cannot obtain meaningful employment due to it, and are thus stuck committing crimes to survive.

The goal is to be individually exceptional.> Do you forever keep doing _more_ reducing yourself to a life of penitence and toil to be “exceptional”?This seems like a bit of an exaggeration.

For example, if a god defined objective morality such that it was moral to burn children alive as a form of penitence, then we're no longer talking about "morality" as it is understood and are instead discussing the semantics regarding the capabilities of god.

In days gone by, this process was considered one of penitence, hence the old name "penitentiary" for that institution which we now call a "prison".Moreover, I consider the rehabilitative model a grave insult against the human dignity of most who commit crimes -- specifically, all those who commit crimes while being able to behave otherwise should they so choose.