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contritions

contritions is the plural of contrition.

Meaning of contrition

Noun

contrition (countable and uncountable, plural contritions)

  1. The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse.
    • Marianne heard enough. In one moment her imagination placed before her a letter from Willoughby, full of tenderness and contrition, explanatory of all that had passed, satisfactory, convincing; and instantly followed by Willoughby himself, rushing eagerly into the room to inforce, at her feet, by...1811, [Jane Austen], chapter 31, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume III, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) The act of grinding or rubbing to powder.

Questions about contritions

What is contritions the plural of?
Contritions is the plural of contrition.

Words near contritions in the dictionary

  1. contrite
  2. contritely
  3. contriteness
  4. contrites
  5. contrition
  6. contritions
  7. contrivable
  8. contrivance
  9. contrivances
  10. contrivancies
  11. contrivancy

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