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31contritely — contrite ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling or expressing remorse. DERIVATIVES contritely adverb contriteness noun contrition noun. ORIGIN Latin contritus, from conterere grind down, wear away …
32contriteness — contrite ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling or expressing remorse. DERIVATIVES contritely adverb contriteness noun contrition noun. ORIGIN Latin contritus, from conterere grind down, wear away …
33contrition — contrite ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling or expressing remorse. DERIVATIVES contritely adverb contriteness noun contrition noun. ORIGIN Latin contritus, from conterere grind down, wear away …
34penitent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. repentant, sorrowful, contrite; see sorry 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [PEN i tunt] sorry, contrite, regretful. The truly penitent shall be forgiven their misdeeds. SYN.: sorry, sorrowful,… …
35contrit — contrit, ite [ kɔ̃tri, it ] adj. • v. 1174; lat. contritus « broyé » 1 ♦ Relig. Qui est profondément touché du sentiment de ses péchés. ⇒ pénitent, repentant. Un cœur contrit. 2 ♦ Cour. Qui marque le repentir. Air contrit. ⇒ 1. chagrin, penaud.… …
36sorry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rueful, regretful, penitent; sympathetic, sorrowful; pitiful, deplorable; shabby, paltry, wretched, mean. See penitence. Ant., impenitent, unsympathetic. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Penitent] Syn.… …
37Indulgences — • A remission of the temporal punishment due to sin, the guilt of which has been forgiven Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Indulgences Indulgences …
38penitent — I adjective apologetic, atoning, awakened, chastened, compunctious, conciliatory, conscience smitten, conscience stricken, contrite, expiatory, full of regrets, humble, making amends, penitential, piacular, plagued by conscience, propiatory,… …
39apologetic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. contrite, remorseful, sorry, penitent, repentant, regretful, supplicating, retracting, self effacing, self reproachful, self condemnatory, self incriminating, explanatory, extenuating, atoning, expiatory, rueful,… …
40regretful — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. penitent, remorseful, conscience stricken, frustrated; see apologetic , sorry 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. sorry, contrite, ashamed, apologetic, conscience stricken, guilty, penitent, self reproachful, *sadder… …
