contrition
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noun \kən-ˈtri-shən\Definition of CONTRITION
: the state of being contrite : repentance
See Examples of CONTRITION
- Were her tears a true sign of contrition?
- <once again she heard her abusive husband's tearful expressions of contrition>
First Known Use of CONTRITION
14th century
Related to CONTRITION
- Synonyms
- contriteness, guilt, penitence, regret, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, rue, self-reproach, shame
- Antonyms
- impenitence, remorselessness
See Synonym Discussion at penitence
Other Christian Religious Terms
Rhymes with CONTRITION
addition, admission, ambition, attrition, audition, beautician, clinician, cognition, coition, commission, condition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, patrician, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, remission, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition
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