penitence

基本解释

Here had been her sin; here, her sorrow; and here was yet to be her penitence.
这里有过她的罪孽，这里有过她的悲伤，这里也还会有她的忏悔。
It is odd that an institution founded on honesty and penitence should struggle so.
作为建立在诚信和用于忏悔基础上的教会却要经受这些事件的煎熬是不同寻常的。
Never regret, penitence emotions than you do wrong thing more terrible, because it will destroy your self-confidence and self-esteem and may well get you to do something more something wrong.
不要后悔，后悔的情绪比你所做错的事更可怕，因为这会摧毁你的自信，自尊以及很可能让你去做一件更错的事。
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Yet some people doubt the effectiveness of either re-education or high-profile penitence in reducing the jihadist urge.
ECONOMIST: Public repentance
This shows Midas on his throne, receiving the counsels of Ignorance and Suspicion, with a hooded Envy clasping the hand of Calumny, who in turn, with Deception and Fraud attending, is dragging the unidentified victim by the hair, while Penitence turns hopefully towards stark-naked Truth.
ECONOMIST: Botticelli and his bankers