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1. (n.) contrition
sincere penitence or remorse.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME (< AF) < LL)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) attrition, contrition, contriteness
sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
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1. (noun) Contrition
the act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing
2. (noun) Contrition
the state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance
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Sense: deeply sorry for something one has done.
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 Afrikaans: berou |
 Arabic: نَدَم |
 Bulgarian: разкаяние |
 Brazilian: contrição |
 Czech: kajícnost |
 German: die Zerknirschung |
 Danish: brødebetyngethed |
 Greek: μεταμέλεια |
 Spanish: contricción |
 Estonian: kahetsus |
 Farsi: پشیمانی؛ ندامت |
 Finnish: katuminen |
 French: contrition |
 Hebrew: חַרָטָה עֲמוּקָה |
 Hindi: मनोव्यथा |
 Croatian: suprotnost |
 Hungarian: bűnbánat |
 Indonesian: rasa kasihan |
 Icelandic: sár iðrun; eftirsjá |
 Italian: contrizione |
 Japanese: 悔恨 |
 Korean: 통한 |
 Lithuanian: apgailestavimas, atgaila |
 Latvian: nožēla; nožēlošana |
 Malay: kesesalan |
 Dutch: berouw |
 Norwegian: anger, fortvilelse |
 Polish: skrucha |
 Persian: پشیمانی؛ ندامت |
 Pashto: پښیمانی |
 Portuguese: contrição |
 Romanian: remuşcare |
 Russian: раскаяние |
 Slovak: ľútosť |
 Slovenian: skesanost |
 Serbian: skrušenost |
 Swedish: ånger, förkrosselse |
 Thai: ความสำนึกผิด |
 Turkish: pişmanlık |
 Taiwanese: 悔悟 |
 Ukrainian: щире розкаяння |
 Urdu: ندامت، پشيمانى |
 Vietnamese: sự hối hận |
 Chinese: 悔悟 |
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