contrition
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- contrition
- contrition: see throw
- contrition (n.)
- c. 1300, contrycyun, from Old French contriciun (Modern French contrition) and directly from Latin contritionem (nominative contritio), noun of action from past participle stem of conterere (see contrite).
Example
- 1. Yet chevron shows no sign of contrition .
- 2. Humility , honesty and contrition are not signs of weakness , but strength .
- 3. But iranian braggadocio soon turned to queasy contrition .
- 4. Nationalist movements in japanese politics have come in waves over the past few decades , intertwined with periods of overtures for more contrition and peacemaking .
- 5. But some form of contrition is often a component of deals like the one it has reached with the dfs . It appears the bank isn 't ready for that yet .