Sinner's punishment (7)

I believe the answer is:

penance

'sinner's punishment' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for penance that I've seen before include "humiliating act" , "Mortification" , "Punishment for wrongdoing, by religion perhaps" , "Act of atonement" , "Punishment inflicted on oneself" .)

I've seen this clue in the L.A. Times Daily and the Penny Press.

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