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| hear mass(idiom, rite) | |
| holy water(idiom, rite) | |
| humble oneself(idiom, penitence) | |
| invocation of saints(idiom, rite) | |
| learn by experience(idiom, penitence) | |
| make good(idiom, atonement) | |
| making good(compensation, renewal, amends, damages) | |
| my fault | |
| pains and penalties(idiom, penalty) | |
| pangs of conscience(noun, idiom, shame, sorrow) | |
| partake of communion(idiom, rite) | |
| perform service(idiom, rite) | |
| plead guilty(idiom, penitence) | |
| receive communion(idiom, rite) | |
| receive extreme unction(idiom, rite) | |
| receive penance(idiom, rite) | |
| receive the sacrament(idiom, rite) | |
| sacrificial lamb(reduction, disadvantage, sacrifice, expense) | |
| sing de profundis(idiom, penitence) | |
| sing miserere(idiom, penitence) |
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