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contrition

contritionnoun

Translations

He felt deep contrition for his past mistakes.

Он чувствовал глубокое раскаяние за свои прошлые ошибки.

Definitions

The state of feeling remorseful and penitent.

His contrition was evident as he apologized for his mistakes.

In Christian theology, sincere remorse for having sinned, together with the resolve to do better and avoid sin in the future.

True contrition requires both sorrow for past wrongdoing and a firm purpose of amendment.

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