adj.1 completely penitent.
2 feeling remorse or penitence; affected by guilt.
3 (of an action) showing a contrite spirit.
Derivatives:
contritely adv. contriteness n.
Etymology: ME f. OF contrit f. L contritus bruised (as COM-, terere trit- rub)
adj.1 completely penitent.
2 feeling remorse or penitence; affected by guilt.
3 (of an action) showing a contrite spirit.
Derivatives:
contritely adv. contriteness n.
Etymology: ME f. OF contrit f. L contritus bruised (as COM-, terere trit- rub)
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012