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   contrition

   /kənˈtrɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the state of feeling remorseful and penitent: "to show contrition for his crime he offered to do community service"
   • ▪ (in the Roman Catholic Church) the repentance of past sins during or after confession: "prayers of contrition"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from late Latin contritio(n-), from contrit- ‘ground down’, from the verb conterere (see contrite).

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