Definition of contrition in English:

contrition

noun kənˈtrɪʃ(ə)nkənˈtrɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1The state of feeling remorseful and penitent.
懊悔，悔恨；悔罪
to show contrition for his crime he offered to do community service
Example sentencesExamples
- Is there true contrition and sincere forgiveness, or has there been merely an exchange of lip service, a convenient pact to blur the past for the sake of a future which, in turn, lacks a clear vision?
- He answers how he wishes to answer; he is contrite without offering contrition.
- Their success seemed to depend on their intensity, and their intensity depended on the rhetorical ability of the preacher to inspire a sense of contrition for past offenses.
- ‘Champions have to learn to play with pain - to handle their contrition with both dignity and courage,’ he told me.
- I can be quite hard and cruel sometimes, I know that, but I do feel contrition and try to make amends.
- A double killer had shown no remorse or contrition for murdering two drug dealers in his home, a judge said yesterday as he imposed concurrent life sentences.
- If someone steals my pen and then asks me to forgive him, unless he returns my pen the sincerity of his contrition and confession will be considered to be nil.
- Participation in these gatherings is simply not consonant with the depression and contrition that the mourner experiences.
- We should avoid, however, acts of apparent contrition that are, in fact, acts of detraction against our forebears in the faith.
- His contrition and his guilt do not help to free him from his bondage, though.
- In other areas, however, such public contrition has been sadly lacking.
- A variation on this theme was that the prisoner had reformed or had shown sufficient contrition for their crime.
- Lincoln regularly used the language of scripture, but in a way that called both sides in the Civil War to contrition and repentance.
- It was a noteworthy feature of your evidence that you are unrepentant and show not the least sign of contrition, preferring instead to blame everyone else, including the customers and their families and friends.
- The hollowness of his contrition was particular acute when he stumbled over the carefully prepared words where he was to tell the media that he had learnt an important lesson about his responsibility as a role model for kids.
- The never-ending show of contrition, pathos, sadness and regret is more than reality drama.
- The offender may not demonstrate genuine, or even adequate, contrition or repentance.
- It is beyond question that contrition or remorse are factors which will usually operate in the accused's favour; but not always.
- Mitigating factors relating to the offender may include: the offender's age; clear evidence or remorse or contrition; a timely plea of guilt.
- If the wrongdoer has come to the point of realizing his wrong, then one hopes there will be remorse, or at least some contrition or sorrow.
- Such prisoners will probably not express contrition or remorse or sympathy for any victim.
- What I don't understand about it is that I imagine that the forgiveness spoken about is forgiveness that is called for - and that is most typically where one understands the genuine contrition of the other person.
Synonyms
remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, penitence, sorrow, sorrowfulness, regret, contriteness, ruefulness, pangs of conscience, prickings of conscience
shame, guilt, self-reproach, self-condemnation, compunction
archaic rue
rare sorriness
1. 1.1 (in the Roman Catholic Church) the repentance of past sins during or after confession.
  （天主教）痛悔
  prayers of contrition
  痛悔祈祷。
  Example sentencesExamples
  What if contrition is self-centered and selfish, aimed at securing forgiveness?
  Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without Church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without contrition.
  In Catholic theology, the requirements are: contrition, confession and satisfaction.
  When did liturgies of contrition and dependence become examples of negative thinking?
  It is not the same where confession and contrition are concerned; but satisfaction has to do with the exterior act, and here one can make use of instruments, a category under which friends are included.
  If they died without contrition they would go to hell, where prayers could not assist them.

Origin

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

Definition of contrition in US English:

contrition

nounkənˈtrɪʃ(ə)nkənˈtriSH(ə)n

1The state of feeling remorseful and penitent.
懊悔，悔恨；悔罪
Example sentencesExamples
- In other areas, however, such public contrition has been sadly lacking.
- Is there true contrition and sincere forgiveness, or has there been merely an exchange of lip service, a convenient pact to blur the past for the sake of a future which, in turn, lacks a clear vision?
- The never-ending show of contrition, pathos, sadness and regret is more than reality drama.
- He answers how he wishes to answer; he is contrite without offering contrition.
- Mitigating factors relating to the offender may include: the offender's age; clear evidence or remorse or contrition; a timely plea of guilt.
- What I don't understand about it is that I imagine that the forgiveness spoken about is forgiveness that is called for - and that is most typically where one understands the genuine contrition of the other person.
- If the wrongdoer has come to the point of realizing his wrong, then one hopes there will be remorse, or at least some contrition or sorrow.
- If someone steals my pen and then asks me to forgive him, unless he returns my pen the sincerity of his contrition and confession will be considered to be nil.
- A variation on this theme was that the prisoner had reformed or had shown sufficient contrition for their crime.
- The offender may not demonstrate genuine, or even adequate, contrition or repentance.
- Lincoln regularly used the language of scripture, but in a way that called both sides in the Civil War to contrition and repentance.
- A double killer had shown no remorse or contrition for murdering two drug dealers in his home, a judge said yesterday as he imposed concurrent life sentences.
- Their success seemed to depend on their intensity, and their intensity depended on the rhetorical ability of the preacher to inspire a sense of contrition for past offenses.
- ‘Champions have to learn to play with pain - to handle their contrition with both dignity and courage,’ he told me.
- We should avoid, however, acts of apparent contrition that are, in fact, acts of detraction against our forebears in the faith.
- Such prisoners will probably not express contrition or remorse or sympathy for any victim.
- Participation in these gatherings is simply not consonant with the depression and contrition that the mourner experiences.
- It is beyond question that contrition or remorse are factors which will usually operate in the accused's favour; but not always.
- I can be quite hard and cruel sometimes, I know that, but I do feel contrition and try to make amends.
- His contrition and his guilt do not help to free him from his bondage, though.
- The hollowness of his contrition was particular acute when he stumbled over the carefully prepared words where he was to tell the media that he had learnt an important lesson about his responsibility as a role model for kids.
- It was a noteworthy feature of your evidence that you are unrepentant and show not the least sign of contrition, preferring instead to blame everyone else, including the customers and their families and friends.
Synonyms
remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, penitence, sorrow, sorrowfulness, regret, contriteness, ruefulness, pangs of conscience, prickings of conscience
1. 1.1 (in the Roman Catholic Church) the repentance of past sins during or after confession.
  （天主教）痛悔
  prayers of contrition
  痛悔祈祷。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If they died without contrition they would go to hell, where prayers could not assist them.
  When did liturgies of contrition and dependence become examples of negative thinking?
  Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without Church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without contrition.
  What if contrition is self-centered and selfish, aimed at securing forgiveness?
  It is not the same where confession and contrition are concerned; but satisfaction has to do with the exterior act, and here one can make use of instruments, a category under which friends are included.
  In Catholic theology, the requirements are: contrition, confession and satisfaction.

Origin

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

词汇	contrition
释义	Definition of contrition in English: contrition noun kənˈtrɪʃ(ə)nkənˈtrɪʃ(ə)n mass noun 1The state of feeling remorseful and penitent. 懊悔，悔恨；悔罪 to show contrition for his crime he offered to do community service Example sentencesExamples Is there true contrition and sincere forgiveness, or has there been merely an exchange of lip service, a convenient pact to blur the past for the sake of a future which, in turn, lacks a clear vision? He answers how he wishes to answer; he is contrite without offering contrition. Their success seemed to depend on their intensity, and their intensity depended on the rhetorical ability of the preacher to inspire a sense of contrition for past offenses. ‘Champions have to learn to play with pain - to handle their contrition with both dignity and courage,’ he told me. I can be quite hard and cruel sometimes, I know that, but I do feel contrition and try to make amends. A double killer had shown no remorse or contrition for murdering two drug dealers in his home, a judge said yesterday as he imposed concurrent life sentences. If someone steals my pen and then asks me to forgive him, unless he returns my pen the sincerity of his contrition and confession will be considered to be nil. Participation in these gatherings is simply not consonant with the depression and contrition that the mourner experiences. We should avoid, however, acts of apparent contrition that are, in fact, acts of detraction against our forebears in the faith. His contrition and his guilt do not help to free him from his bondage, though. In other areas, however, such public contrition has been sadly lacking. A variation on this theme was that the prisoner had reformed or had shown sufficient contrition for their crime. Lincoln regularly used the language of scripture, but in a way that called both sides in the Civil War to contrition and repentance. It was a noteworthy feature of your evidence that you are unrepentant and show not the least sign of contrition, preferring instead to blame everyone else, including the customers and their families and friends. The hollowness of his contrition was particular acute when he stumbled over the carefully prepared words where he was to tell the media that he had learnt an important lesson about his responsibility as a role model for kids. The never-ending show of contrition, pathos, sadness and regret is more than reality drama. The offender may not demonstrate genuine, or even adequate, contrition or repentance. It is beyond question that contrition or remorse are factors which will usually operate in the accused's favour; but not always. Mitigating factors relating to the offender may include: the offender's age; clear evidence or remorse or contrition; a timely plea of guilt. If the wrongdoer has come to the point of realizing his wrong, then one hopes there will be remorse, or at least some contrition or sorrow. Such prisoners will probably not express contrition or remorse or sympathy for any victim. What I don't understand about it is that I imagine that the forgiveness spoken about is forgiveness that is called for - and that is most typically where one understands the genuine contrition of the other person. Synonyms remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, penitence, sorrow, sorrowfulness, regret, contriteness, ruefulness, pangs of conscience, prickings of conscience shame, guilt, self-reproach, self-condemnation, compunction archaic rue rare sorriness 1.1 (in the Roman Catholic Church) the repentance of past sins during or after confession. （天主教）痛悔 prayers of contrition 痛悔祈祷。 Example sentencesExamples What if contrition is self-centered and selfish, aimed at securing forgiveness? Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without Church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without contrition. In Catholic theology, the requirements are: contrition, confession and satisfaction. When did liturgies of contrition and dependence become examples of negative thinking? It is not the same where confession and contrition are concerned; but satisfaction has to do with the exterior act, and here one can make use of instruments, a category under which friends are included. If they died without contrition they would go to hell, where prayers could not assist them. Origin Middle English: via Old French from late Latin contritio(n-), from contrit- 'ground down', from the verb conterere (see contrite). Definition of contrition in US English: contrition nounkənˈtrɪʃ(ə)nkənˈtriSH(ə)n 1The state of feeling remorseful and penitent. 懊悔，悔恨；悔罪 Example sentencesExamples In other areas, however, such public contrition has been sadly lacking. Is there true contrition and sincere forgiveness, or has there been merely an exchange of lip service, a convenient pact to blur the past for the sake of a future which, in turn, lacks a clear vision? The never-ending show of contrition, pathos, sadness and regret is more than reality drama. He answers how he wishes to answer; he is contrite without offering contrition. Mitigating factors relating to the offender may include: the offender's age; clear evidence or remorse or contrition; a timely plea of guilt. What I don't understand about it is that I imagine that the forgiveness spoken about is forgiveness that is called for - and that is most typically where one understands the genuine contrition of the other person. If the wrongdoer has come to the point of realizing his wrong, then one hopes there will be remorse, or at least some contrition or sorrow. If someone steals my pen and then asks me to forgive him, unless he returns my pen the sincerity of his contrition and confession will be considered to be nil. A variation on this theme was that the prisoner had reformed or had shown sufficient contrition for their crime. The offender may not demonstrate genuine, or even adequate, contrition or repentance. Lincoln regularly used the language of scripture, but in a way that called both sides in the Civil War to contrition and repentance. A double killer had shown no remorse or contrition for murdering two drug dealers in his home, a judge said yesterday as he imposed concurrent life sentences. Their success seemed to depend on their intensity, and their intensity depended on the rhetorical ability of the preacher to inspire a sense of contrition for past offenses. ‘Champions have to learn to play with pain - to handle their contrition with both dignity and courage,’ he told me. We should avoid, however, acts of apparent contrition that are, in fact, acts of detraction against our forebears in the faith. Such prisoners will probably not express contrition or remorse or sympathy for any victim. Participation in these gatherings is simply not consonant with the depression and contrition that the mourner experiences. It is beyond question that contrition or remorse are factors which will usually operate in the accused's favour; but not always. I can be quite hard and cruel sometimes, I know that, but I do feel contrition and try to make amends. His contrition and his guilt do not help to free him from his bondage, though. The hollowness of his contrition was particular acute when he stumbled over the carefully prepared words where he was to tell the media that he had learnt an important lesson about his responsibility as a role model for kids. It was a noteworthy feature of your evidence that you are unrepentant and show not the least sign of contrition, preferring instead to blame everyone else, including the customers and their families and friends. Synonyms remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, penitence, sorrow, sorrowfulness, regret, contriteness, ruefulness, pangs of conscience, prickings of conscience 1.1 (in the Roman Catholic Church) the repentance of past sins during or after confession. （天主教）痛悔 prayers of contrition 痛悔祈祷。 Example sentencesExamples If they died without contrition they would go to hell, where prayers could not assist them. When did liturgies of contrition and dependence become examples of negative thinking? Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without Church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without contrition. What if contrition is self-centered and selfish, aimed at securing forgiveness? It is not the same where confession and contrition are concerned; but satisfaction has to do with the exterior act, and here one can make use of instruments, a category under which friends are included. In Catholic theology, the requirements are: contrition, confession and satisfaction. 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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