How to pronounce“contrite”in English
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Definitions of “contrite”
Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions.
“The Lord will happineſs divine / On contrite hearts beſtow : / Then tell me, gracious God, is mine / A contrite heart, or no ?”
Thoroughly bruised or broken.
A contrite person; a penitent.
“Secondly, that even where contrition or inward repentance doth cleanſe without abſolution ; the reaſon why it cometh ſo to paſs, is, becauſe ſuch contrites intend and deſire Abſolution, though they have it not.”
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