Download the app
educalingo
Search
Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.
Charles Williams

Meaning of "contrition" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF CONTRITION

contrition  [kənˈtrɪʃən] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTRITION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contrition is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONTRITION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

contrition

Contrition

Contrition or contriteness is sincere and complete remorse for sins one has committed. The remorseful person is said to be contrite. It is a key concept to Christianity. Through Christ, who is the mediator between God and man in most Christian religions, contrition becomes the first step towards reconciliation with God. In the Catholic Church, ordinarily absolution of sins occurs in confession to a priest of the Church; however, Protestantism, a religious movement which formed in the 16th century after breaking away from the Catholic Church, does not see confession to a catholic priest as necessary for forgiveness, while both the Catholic Church and the Protestant denominations see contrition as the first step of forgiveness of sins. It is regarded as a prerequisite to divine forgiveness. Its elements are hatred and regret for ones sin, a desire for God over sin, and faith in Christ's atonement on the cross and its sufficiency for salvation. Exhortations to the value and necessity for repentance are quite common: "I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from His way and live"; "...But unless you repent, you too will perish.".

Definition of contrition in the English dictionary

The definition of contrition in the dictionary is deeply felt remorse; penitence. Other definition of contrition is detestation of past sins and a resolve to make amends, either from love of God or from hope of heaven.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTRITION


attrition
əˈtrɪʃən
biometrician
ˌbaɪəməˈtrɪʃən
cliometrician
ˌklaɪəʊməˈtrɪʃən
detrition
dɪˈtrɪʃən
dosimetrician
ˌdəʊsɪməˈtrɪʃən
econometrician
ɪˌkɒnəməˈtrɪʃən
electrician
ɪlɛkˈtrɪʃən
geometrician
ˌdʒɪˌɒmɪˈtrɪʃən
geriatrician
ˌdʒɛrɪəˈtrɪʃən
malnutrition
ˌmælnjuːˈtrɪʃən
nutrition
njuːˈtrɪʃən
obstetrician
ˌɒbstɪˈtrɪʃən
overnutrition
ˌəʊvənjuːˈtrɪʃən
paediatrician
ˌpiːdɪəˈtrɪʃən
patrician
pəˈtrɪʃən
pediatrician
ˌpiːdɪəˈtrɪʃən
psychometrician
ˌsaɪkəʊməˈtrɪʃən
sabermetrician
ˌseɪbəməˈtrɪʃən
supernutrition
ˌsuːpərnjuːˈtrɪʃən
undernutrition
ˌʌndənjuːˈtrɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTRITION

contribution
contributive
contributively
contributiveness
contributor
contributories
contributory
contributory negligence
contrist
contristation
contrite
contritely
contriteness
contriturate
contrivable
contrivance
contrive
contrived
contrivement
contriver

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTRITION

accreditation
acquisition
addition
audition
competition
composition
condition
definition
disposition
edition
exhibition
expedition
in a position
in addition
in mint condition
limited edition
opposition
position
recognition
tradition
transition

Synonyms and antonyms of contrition in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONTRITION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «contrition» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of contrition

Translation of «contrition» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF CONTRITION

Find out the translation of contrition to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of contrition from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contrition» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

悔悟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contrición
570 millions of speakers

English

contrition
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पश्चाताप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الندم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сокрушение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contrição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুতাপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contrition
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyesalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reue
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

悔恨
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회개
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Contrition
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự ăn năn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அவர்களை உலகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पश्चाताप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pişmanlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contrizione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skrucha
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заламання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

căință
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατάνυξη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

berou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ånger
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

anger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contrition

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRITION»

The term «contrition» is regularly used and occupies the 98.716 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
54
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «contrition» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of contrition
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «contrition».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRITION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «contrition» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «contrition» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contrition

EXAMPLES

7 QUOTES WITH «CONTRITION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word contrition.
1
Robert Agostinelli
The social disease of political correctness has entered daily life, inverting good to bad and attempting to rewrite proud histories as an imposition of white supremacy for which we all should make contrition.
2
Vittorio Alfieri
To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.
3
Benjamin N. Cardozo
I own that it is a good deal of a mystery to me how judges, of all persons in the world, should put their faith in dicta. A brief experience on the bench was enough to reveal to me all sorts of cracks and crevices and loopholes in my own opinions when picked up a few months after delivery and reread with due contrition.
4
Washington Irving
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.
5
Martin Jacques
After its defeat in the Second World War, Japan, unlike Germany, failed to show true contrition or give a fulsome apology, though it showered its neighbours, including China, with generous economic assistance. Only in 1995 did it finally offer an apology, but this was of the most limited and formulaic kind.
6
Frederica Mathewes-Green
God is not looking for repayment, but repentance. What heals a broken relationship is sincere love and contrition.
7
Charles Williams
Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRITION»

Discover the use of contrition in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contrition and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Contrition
In a tiny community on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Brother Placidus finds little Amanda LeFleur sacrificed below a crucifix, in the attic of The Brothers of the Holy Cross.
Robert E. Hirsch, 2012
2
Rachel's Contrition: A Novel
. . Rachel's Contrition, with St. Thrse of Lisieux and our Catholic faith woven gently in, lovely silk threads in a grand and tragic tapestry.
Michelle Buckman, 2010
3
Contrition
Murder, mystery, romance and sustained psychological suspense based on an actual eventISBN:978-0-9559771-0-7
Ben Corde, 2008
4
Sin & Contrition
The reader will discover an extraordinary literary experience within its pages.About the Author: William Peace grew up in Philadelphia and now resides in London, England.
William Peace, 2011
5
Acts and Contrition
His estranged father, Joseph Connally, an old, Irish-Catholic bartender with a unique perspective on life, becomes Sean's valued counselor. This is a genuine look at real people struggling with their faith.
Jim Moore, 1997
6
Act of Contrition
Giles's daughter saved the manuscript for nearly fifty years until finally this "lost novel" was published.
Janice Holt Giles, 2005
7
Contrition: The Perception Series #3
Zoe, Noah and the other plane crash survivors are stranded in the Arizona desert.
Lee Strauss, 2014
8
The "Summa Theologica" of St. Thomas Aquinas ...
(In Three Articles.) WE must now consider the effect of contrition : under which head there are three points of inquiry: (i) Whether the remission of sin is the effect of contrition ? (2) Whether contrition can take away the debt of punishment entirely ...
Saint Thomas (Aquinas), Reginaldus de Piperno, 1917
9
The Practical Catechist
And where there is no true contrition, there is no forgiveness of sins. What must we do to obtain the grace of God ? To whom should we especially pray for this? To the Holy Ghost. How should you pray to Him to obtain true contrition for your ...
Jakob Nist, Ferreol Girardey, 1915
10
Summa Theologica, Volume 5 (Part III, Second Section & ...
The consideration about Contrition will be fourfold; (1) What is it? (2) What should it be about? (3) How great should it be? (4) Of its duration. (S) Of its effect. Under the first head there are three points 3f inquiry: (1) Whether Contrition is suitably ...
St Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTRITION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contrition is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Suspension Over, Jenrry Mejia Rejoins the Mets
He did not show contrition. He laughed and joked and did not acknowledge that he had done anything wrong. He declined to say anything ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Notable & Quotable: The Disgraceful Stevens Prosecution
Instead of contrition, what we have seen is Justice Department officials of the highest rank suffering torn glenoid labrums from furiously patting ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
The Best and Worst Corporate Apologies of 2015
So what separates a sincere apology from an unconvincing attempt at public contrition? Here are three corporate apologies from 2015 that ... «Inc.com, Jul 15»
4
How to fix a failing movie franchise
Michael Bay had a mild moment of contrition, meanwhile, for his second Transformers film, Revenge Of The Fallen. Two years after its release, ... «Den Of Geek, Jul 15»
5
20 years on Serbs refuse to call Srebrenica 'genocide'
His contrition came a year after denying that a genocide was committed in Srebrenica, prompting outrage in the region and condemnation from ... «InterAksyon, Jul 15»
6
Mass murder and Sion Sono
... the Charleston shooting, but it's hard to imagine this bad-boy provocateur, who rejects limits and embraces extremes, expressing contrition. «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
7
MARK ORDERS COLUMN: Fair play still matters – even in the Ashes
But the passing of the years hasn't prompted serious contrition. "I don't see the relevance to the spirit of cricket in walking," he said in The Mail ... «South Wales Evening Post, Jul 15»
8
Why Paul Little's reign of error at crisis club Essendon must end
When Tania Hird and other Hird camp members went rogue the chairman threatened them but failed to make them see contrition was ... «The Age, Jul 15»
9
Cuban Dissident Who Warned Obama Engagement With Castro …
So why would it have a moment of contrition over Rodiles' broken nose? For this arrogant belief in their own intrinsic knowledge of how to bring ... «Daily Signal, Jul 15»
10
Chutzpah Watch - Chris Christie edition
In January 2014, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) held a lengthy press conference in which he tried to show at least some contrition. «MSNBC, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Contrition [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/contrition>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z