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Meanings of contrition in English

Portuguese
contrição
Spanish
acto de contriccion
Catalan
contrició

(Christian) religious concept; repentance for sins one has committed.

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        contrição

        The keen or hopeless anguish caused by a sense of guilt.

              Usage of contrition in English
              1
              It is good, finally, to hear some contrition from the Catholic Church.
              The Irish Times
              2
              She sensed gratitude in his lurching changes of subject, along with contrition.
              Perdido Street Station
              3
              Lochte had similar words of contrition when interviewed by Brazil's Globo TV.
              News.com.au
              4
              But contrition includes both confession and satisfaction in the purpose of amendment.
              Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) / From the Complete Ame...
              5
              In a resignation letter, Price offered little in the way of contrition.
              Reuters
              6
              Because, the public can forgive many sins but only with genuine contrition.
              News.com.au
              7
              So the couplet was frequently read as contrition over an irrecoverable loss.
              Death of a Red Heroine
              8
              Most of the banks have still to utter a word of contrition.
              The Irish Times
              9
              It was characterized by humble contrition, and much simple dependence on Christ.
              Woman and Her Saviour in Persia / By a Returned Missionary
              10
              Such shows of contrition do not impress those whose homes are irradiated.
              The Guardian
              11
              Afterward-inthe moonlight-onthe way home-his contrition, his sympathy, his awkward tenderness.
              The Fighting Shepherdess
              12
              Our only salvation would be through equal amounts of contrition and imprisonment.
              The heretic's daughter: a novel
              13
              Earlier on Thursday, he had complained about the Speaker's lack of contrition.
              The Guardian
              14
              They filled me with contrition for the rash injustice of my censure.
              The Friendships of Women
              15
              As he said the last words her rage melted suddenly into contrition.
              The Making of a Soul
              16
              In her gratitude to her mistress, and her contrition, she had to.
              The Adventures of Ann: Stories of Colonial Times
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              Catalan
              contrició
              Contrition through the time
              Contrition across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common