Contrite1. (a.) Regretful, sorrowful, broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
2. (a.) Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent.
3. (n.) A contrite person.
4. (v.) In a contrite manner.
Thesaurus Entries
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