Penance and Sacrifice

Penance

Penance noun - Voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing.

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Sacrifice and penance are semantically related in offering topic. In some cases you can use "Sacrifice" instead a noun "Penance".

Nearby Word: penalty

Sacrifice

Sacrifice noun - Something offered to a god.

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Penance and sacrifice are semantically related in offering topic. Sometimes you can use "Penance" instead a noun "Sacrifice", if it concerns topics such as loss.

Nearby Words: sacrificed, sacrificing, sacrificial

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How words are described

dead	dead penance	dead sacrifice
small	small penance	small sacrifice
huge	huge penance	huge sacrifice
ultimate	ultimate penance	ultimate sacrifice
Other adjectives: forced.

Both words in one sentence

Some believe that his backstory and sacrifice is penance enough whereas others think that the years of Hell he put Harry and the other students through is something that one sacrifice cannot reverse to the point that you should be naming your kids after him.

Source: Broken Base / Literature
Must Make Amends - Christopher lives in a leper's hut in penance for Cecily's disappearance, and later offers himself as a human sacrifice in her place.

Source: Literature / The Perilous Gard
Heroic Sacrifice: To free the true Monet from the Penance body, they had to take up residence in it themselves.

Source: Characters / Generation X

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