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Penance Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ATONEMENT which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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noun

• compensation for a wrong

• the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

90%6 Reparations
noun

• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

• something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

90%12 Payment for services rendered
noun

• something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

• the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

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