Usually means: Express remorse through symbolic penance.
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  1. wear sackcloth and ashes: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wear sackcloth and ashes: Merriam-Webster
  3. wear sackcloth and ashes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. wear sackcloth and ashes: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (wear sackcloth and ashes)

verb:  (idiomatic) To publicly express regret for something done wrong.

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