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Meanings of contrite in English

Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.

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Usage of contrite in English
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He wanted to produce in them the humble and the contrite heart.
Town and Country Sermons
2
Government sources suggested he had misspoken and had been contrite in private.
The Guardian
3
She did feel contrite; she really hadn't meant to make him cry.
The Land of Painted Caves
4
But a moment later the tone would be low and almost contrite.
The Irish Times
5
Phelps was contrite following his first drunken driving arrest a decade ago.
Reuters
6
Who feareth the Beneficent in secret and cometh with a contrite heart.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
7
Rocio played for the sympathy angle, marshalling his thoughts into contrite concern.
The Naked God
8
I am just so contrite I cannot say, she told the publication.
News.com.au
9
The next day I returned to St. Mary's with a contrite heart.
Your sad eyes and unforgettable mouth
10
Both cars stopped, and the lady got out, cold sober and contrite.
The new yorker
11
Of course upon receiving that fine compliment Bumpus became contrite at once.
The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island; or, Marooned Among the Game-f...
12
RIM's co-chief executives both sounded contrite on a conference call with analysts.
Reuters
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She's 96. But in his comments, Fuld was not humble or contrite.
Reuters
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No, it is those that are of a contrite spirit do this.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
15
Wanda, at once contrite and happy, was filled with apologies and explanations.
The Short Cut
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The good woman, seeing her husband so contrite, showed no great anger.
One Hundred Merrie And Delightsome Stories / Right Pleasaunte To...
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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