contriteness
1Contriteness — Con trite ness, n. Deep sorrow and penitence for sin; contrition. [1913 Webster] …
2contriteness — index remorse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3contriteness — contrite ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling or expressing remorse. DERIVATIVES contritely adverb contriteness noun contrition noun. ORIGIN Latin contritus, from conterere grind down, wear away …
4contriteness — noun see contrite …
5contriteness — See contritely. * * * …
6contriteness — noun The state of being contrite …
7contriteness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A feeling of regret for one s sins or misdeeds: compunction, contrition, penitence, penitency, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, rue. Theology: attrition. See REGRET …
8contriteness — n. repentance, regretfulness, remorse …
9contriteness — con·trite·ness …
10contriteness — noun sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation • Syn: ↑attrition, ↑contrition • Derivationally related forms: ↑contrite • Hypernyms: ↑sorrow, ↑regret, ↑rue, ↑ …
