contrition
Meaning of contrition
- the state of feeling remorseful and penitent.
to show contrition for his crime he offered to do community service
Middle English: via Old French from late Latin contritio(n- ), from contrit- ‘ground down’, from the verb conterere (see contrite).
Information about contrition
- It is a name.
- The plural form of contrition is: contritions.
- Languages in which contrition is used:
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Hyphenation of contrition
con-tri-tion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- contrition is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
contrition synonyms
Meaning attrition:
Meaning deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed:
Meaning the action of repenting; sincere regret or remorse:
Meaning the action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance:
Meaning a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others:
Meaning a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over an occurrence or something that one has done or failed to do:
Meaning a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour:
Meaning a feeling of having committed wrong or failed in an obligation:
Meaning a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad:
Meaning repentance; regret:
Translation of contrition
- German: Reue
- Spanish: arrepentimiento, remordimiento
- French: repentir, remords, contrition, repentance
- Portuguese: remorso
- Italian: rimorso
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