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Noun: contrition  kun'tri-shun
  1. Sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
    - attrition, contriteness

Derived forms: contritions

Type of: regret, rue [archaic], ruefulness, sorrow

Encyclopedia: Contrition Contrition, Imperfect

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