The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ATONES which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Performs penance crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ATONES | 100 % | 6 |
Why may ATONES be the right solution?
The word "atones" means to make amends or perform penance for a wrongdoing. It fits the clue "Performs penance" perfectly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Performs penance
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- executioner
Crossword Answer definitions
ATONES verb- To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
- To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
- To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
- To unite in making.
- To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
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