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contrition
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of CONTRITION
a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing <once again she heard her abusive husband's tearful expressions of contrition>
Synonyms contriteness, contrition, penitence, regret, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, rue, self-reproach, shame
Related Words compunction, misgiving, prick, qualm, scruple; blame, culpability, fault; liability, rap, responsibility; chagrin, embarrassment; anguish, distress, grief, ruth, sadness, sorrow; bloodguilt, bloodguiltiness; apology, excuses, hand-wringing, mea culpa
Antonyms impenitence, remorselessness
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