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contritest

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con⋅trite

  [kuhn-trahyt, kon-trahyt]
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–adjective
1. caused by or showing sincere remorse.
2. filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement; penitent: a contrite sinner.
Origin:
1300–50; ME contrit (< AF) < L contrītus worn down, crushed, ptp. of conterere. See con-, trite

Related forms:
con⋅trite⋅ly, adverb
con⋅trite⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. rueful, remorseful, repentant.
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Word Origin & History

contrite 
c.1300 (contrition), from L. contritus, lit. "worn out, ground to pieces," pp. of L. conterere "to grind," from com- "together" + terere "to rub."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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