contrition

English

Etymology

Old French contriciun (French contrition), from Latin contrītiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtɹɪʃən/

Noun

contrition (countable and uncountable, plural contritions)

1. The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:remorse

   • 2020 November 30, Erica Gonzales, “'The Undoing' Viewers Are Trolling Their Finale Theories”, in Harper's Bazaar‎^[1]:

     Jonathan's mother told Grace on a recent phone call that Jonathan showed no sign of remorse or contrition for his own sister's passing.

   • 2021 January 12, James Dobbins, Annie Karni, “Trump Shows No Contrition for Inciting Mob, Calling Remarks ‘Appropriate’”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     President Trump on Tuesday showed no contrition or regret for instigating the mob that stormed the Capitol and threatened the lives of members of Congress and his vice president, saying that his remarks to a rally beforehand were “totally appropriate” and that the effort by Congress to impeach and convict him was “causing tremendous anger.”

   • 2022 April 20, Andrew Roth, “Russia’s latest military failures polarise society even more”, in The Guardian‎^[3]:

     Kremlin officials have shown no signs of contrition.

2. (obsolete) The act of grinding or rubbing to powder.

   Synonyms: attrition, friction, rubbing

Translations

The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse

• Bulgarian: разкаяние (bg) (razkajanie)
• Czech: kajícnost (cs) f
• Dutch: berouw (nl), wroeging (nl), contritie f
• Finnish: katumus (fi), synnintunto
• French: contrition (fr) f, componction (fr) f
• German: Reue (de) f, Zerknirschung f, Zerknirschtheit f
• Irish: doilíos m
• Maori: rīpenetātanga
• Ottoman Turkish: اوگنج (evgenc)
• Portuguese: contrição (pt) f
• Russian: раскаяние (ru) (raskajanije)
• Swedish: själasorg c, ånger (sv) c, förkrosselse c
• Tagalog: gatik, pagkagatik

Further reading

• contrition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin contrītiō. By surface analysis, contrit +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁi.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

contrition f (plural contritions)

1. remorse, contrition

   Synonyms: componction, remords

Further reading

• “contrition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.