contrition
IPA: kʌntrˈɪʃʌn
noun
- The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse.
- (obsolete) The act of grinding or rubbing to powder.
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Examples of "contrition" in Sentences
- He shows evidence of contrition.
- He seemed to be in genuine contrition.
- The chaplet begins with an act of contrition.
- Obligation of eliciting the act of contrition.
- The goal is humility and contrition for ones sins.
- Such contrition would include the intention of confessing.
- BTW, "contrition" is precisely what rankles for most of the naysayers.
- The community has great capacity to forgive users who express contrition.
- The word contrition itself in a moral sense is not of frequent occurrence in
- Rocker's apparent contrition is merely a signal that another episode is on the way.
- 'By that account,' said Lady Anne, 'which I believe to be just, her contrition is always ten times as great as her offence.'
- Of course, asking Rose to dive headfirst into an act of contrition is like asking Anaheim Angels pitchers to feed dead-red fastballs to Bonds.
- What we call contrition is often only imperfect contrition -- that is, sorrow for our sins because we fear their punishment in Hell or dread the loss of Heaven.
- The apology arrived 25 days after the incident, and Barrichello took delivery of it on his mobile phone, but it still counts as a rare act of contrition from the German.
- In contrast, and in contrition, I must highly recommend an excellent traditional platformer that recently became available on Virtual Console; I didn't pick it up until last night.
- I have yet to hear any acts of contrition from the media or people like Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, who i held in passable esteem for what they said and why they said it.
- The expression of contrition from Mr. Shimizu came a day after the Japanese government raised its assessment of the nuclear crisis to 7, the highest on an international scale, from 5.