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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

contrite

i didn't know what contrite means. maybe you don't either. this is what it means:

contrite
: adjective
1.caused by or showing sincere remorse.
2.filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement; penitent: a contrite sinner.

con·trite·ly, adverb
con·trite·ness, noun


rueful, remorseful, repentant.

[Middle English contrit, from Latin contrītus, past participle of conterere, to crush : com-, com- + terere, to grind.]
(or)
c.1300 (contrition), from L. contritus, lit. "worn out, ground to pieces," pp. of L. conterere "to grind," from com- "together" + terere "to rub."


Arabic: نادِم
Czech: kajícný
Danish: brødebetynget; angerfuld
Dutch: berouwvol
Estonian: kahetsev
Finnish: katuva
French: contrit
German: zerknirscht
Greek: μετανιωμένος
Hungarian: bűnbánó
Icelandic: iðrandi
Indonesian: kasihan
Italian: contrito
Latvian: nožēlas pilns; sagrauzts
Lithuanian: apgailestaujantis, atgailaujantis
Norwegian: angrende, sønderknust
Polish: skruszony
Portuguese (Brazil): contrito
Portuguese (Portugal): contrito
Romanian: chinuit de remuşcări
Russian: кающийся
Slovak: kajúci
Slovenian: skesan
Spanish: contrito
Swedish: ångerfull, förkrossad
Turkish: pişman

1 Comments:

At 13 June 2007 at 11:18 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hehe, pisman :)

 

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