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    [Adjective]  | "con*trite" | \ kən-ˈtrīt \


    1: feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc.

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English contrit, borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin contrītus, past participle of Latin conterere "to pound to pieces, crush, wear out or down, exhaust mentally or physically" (Medieval Latin also, "to crush in spirit with a sense of one's sin, render contrite"), from con- {see: |con-|com-} + terere "to rub, grind, crush, wear down" {mat|trite|};

    [Noun]  | "contriteness" 


    1: a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing;


      * e.g., " ... his determination to make things right again was seen as a sign of his sincere contriteness "




    [Adjective]  | "contrite" 


    1: feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done;


      * e.g., " ... being contrite is not enough to spare you a detention if you're caught skipping class "




     [ "contrite" ]

    1: feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt

      * e.g.,  ... ( Contrite ) feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt 

     [ "contrition" ]

    1: Grief of heart for sin.

      * e.g.,  ... His everpresent contrition formed his original opinion. 

     [ "contrite" ]

    1: To stick a trident up your ass.

      * e.g.,  ... Sometimes I want to contrite myself. 

     [ "War of Contrition" ]

    1: As opposed to a war of attrition, wherein two or more parties wear each other down over a period of time, a war of contrition is a situation where two or more parties won't stop apologising to each other. Usually this happens because everyone is eager to avoid confrontation but if often leads to further disagreement.

      * e.g.,  ... Motorist #1: Oh, God - I scraped your door with my bumper! Let me pay for that... 

     [ "letter of contrition" ]

    1: A broad range of letters that may be reported by one person, which is meant to be an important piece of material, as analyzed and determined by Double D (DD)

      * e.g.,  ... My cousin stole my letter of contrition but left my expensive sneakers and X-Box 

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