contrition

English

Etymology

Old French contriciun (French contrition), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin contritio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtɹɪʃən/

Noun

contrition (countable and uncountable, plural contritions)

1. The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse.
2. The act of grinding or rubbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:remorse

Translations

The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse

• Bulgarian: разкаяние (bg) (razkajanie)
• Czech: kajícnost f
• Dutch: berouw (nl), wroeging (nl), contritie f
• French: contrition (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Reue (de) f, Zerknirschung f
• Maori: rīpenetātanga
• Portuguese: contrição f
• Russian: раскаяние (ru) (raskajanije)
• Tagalog: gatik, pagkagatik

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Noun

contrition f (plural contritions)

1. remorse