Defenition of the word contrition

• Defenition of the word contrition

  • The keen or hopeless anguish caused by a sense of guilt.
  • sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation

Synonyms for the word contrition

• • apology
  • attrition
  • contriteness
  • penitence
  • regret
  • remorse
  • repentance
  • sorrow

Similar words in the contrition

• • contrition
  • contrition's

Hypernyms for the word contrition

• • regret
  • rue
  • ruefulness
  • sorrow

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