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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 em inglês
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              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...
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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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