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a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing
  • his determination to make things right again was seen as a sign of his sincere contriteness

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“Contriteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contriteness. Accessed 7 Dec. 2021.

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