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Significados de contrition en inglés

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

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

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