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CONTRITENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contriteness mean?
• CONTRITENESS (noun)
The noun CONTRITENESS has 1 sense:
1. sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
Familiarity information: CONTRITENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
attrition; contriteness; contrition
Hypernyms ("contriteness" is a kind of...):
regret; rue; ruefulness; sorrow (sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment)
Derivation:
contrite (feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses)
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