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Punishment (7)

Ross

I think it could be either:

penalty

penance

'punishment' is the definition.
(I know that penance is a type of punishment)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for penance that I've seen before include "Voluntary self-punishment" , "sacrament" , "Remorse" , "Voluntary punishment to atone for sin" , "act of expiation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and The Sun.
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