contrition 的定义
- sincere penitence or remorse.
- Theology. sorrow for and detestation of sin with a true purpose of amendment, arising from a love of God for His own perfections , or from some inferior motive, as fear of divine punishment .
contrition 近义词
regret
contrition 的近义词 13 个
- humiliation
- penance
- penitence
- remorse
- repentance
- sorrow
- attrition
- compunction
- contriteness
- rue
- ruth
- self-reproach
- penitency
contrition 的反义词 3 个
更多contrition例句
- Judges have also pressured defendants to explain why they were in the building that day and express contrition, even if their plea agreements do not require such admissions.
- The contrition was short-lived though, as the artist deleted the apology a couple days later.
- Multiple dead bodies later, no contrition, no apologies, no acknowledgment of what they did.
- Abloh’s title for Evian was announced in 2018 and ironically wasn’t surprising considering his contrition to designing outside of the fashion realm.
- Declarations of contrition and of a determination to fix things on the part of military leaders are a start.
- Scalise offered his contrition that he had made a mistake and apologized for appearing before a group some 12 years ago.
- Christie ended up settling and publishing a letter of contrition in the newspapers.
- Still, given the disaster her earlier attempts at contrition were, this appearance seems to have done wonders for her.
- Musharraf was still posting updates on Facebook and not showing the contrition expected of a man in his position.
- But surely we are entitled to a measure of humility and contrition from the Erdogans of this world—or at least their silence.
- His whilom arrogance was all fallen from him; he wore instead an air of extreme contrition.
- But she could scarcely see, and Gwynne with a contrition he had no intention of displaying offered to control the launch.
- Harry was dismayed at his sister's condition, but the injustice of the wholesale reproach chased away contrition.
- Miss Naylor made no reply to this, but vexedly cut off a sound rose, which she hastily picked up and regarded with contrition.
- Then she caught sight of his eyes, and leaned forward in sudden contrition.