Confessions
Penances and confessions are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Penances" instead a interjection "Confessions".
Penances
Confessions and penances are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Confessions" instead the word "Penances" as a noun or a interjection.
Both words in one sentence
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Appears in Beavis And Butthead Do America, when the title duo have spent several minutes taking confessions and assigning ridiculous penances (after mistaking the confessional for the toilet).
Source: Bolt of Divine Retribution -
He presumes, reasonably enough, that any confessions he heard, as long as they were sincere (and the assigned penances performed), would have been legitimate, and the sinners duly forgiven.
Source: Confessional
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