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| sackcloth and ashes(noun, idiom, woe, rite) | |
| hair shirt(noun, idiom, forfeit, reparation) | |
| do penance(idiom, atonement, penitence) | |
| make amends(idiom, atonement) | |
| mea culpa(noun, interjection, guilt) | |
| extreme unction(idiom, rite) | |
| seven sacraments(idiom, rite) | |
| change of heart | |
| cold purgatorial fires | |
| disciplinary action(noun, abuse, discipline, reprimand) | |
| just desserts(noun, abuse, discipline, reprimand) | |
| punitive measures(noun, abuse, discipline, reprimand) | |
| rough treatment(noun, abuse, discipline, reprimand) | |
| short shrift(noun, abuse, discipline, reprimand) | |
| slave labor(noun, abuse, discipline, reprimand) | |
| squaring things(compensation, renewal, amends, damages) | |
| wearing a hairshirt | |
| what for(noun, abuse, discipline, reprimand) | |
| white sheet(idiom, atonement) | |
| acknowledgment of error(idiom, interjection) |
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