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What does contrition mean?

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Noun
  1. The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse.
  2. The act of grinding or rubbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing.
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His contrition and his guilt do not help to free him from his bondage, though.
If the wrongdoer has come to the point of realizing his wrong, then one hopes there will be remorse, or at least some contrition or sorrow.
When did liturgies of contrition and dependence become examples of negative thinking?
Participation in these gatherings is simply not consonant with the depression and contrition that the mourner experiences.
Lincoln regularly used the language of scripture, but in a way that called both sides in the Civil War to contrition and repentance.
What if contrition is self-centered and selfish, aimed at securing forgiveness?

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