English-Thai Dictionary

contrition

N ความสำนึก ผิด  ความรู้สึกผิด  remorse sorrow kwam-sam-nuek-phid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTRITION

n.[L.] 1. The act of grinding or rubbing to powder.
2. Penitence; deep sorrow for sin; grief of heart for having offended and infinitely holy and benevolent God. The word is usually understood to mean genuine penitence, accompanied with a deep sense of ingratitude in the sinner, and sincere resolution to live in obedience to the divine law.
Fruits of more pleasing savor, from thy seed sown with contrition in his heart.
Imperfect repentance is by some divines called attrition.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTRITION

Con *tri "tion, n. Etym: [F. contrition, L. contritio.]

 

1. The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing. [Obs. ] The breaking of their parts into less parts by contrition. Sir I. Newton.

 

2. The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance. My future days shall be one whole contrition. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- repentance; penitence; humiliation; compunction; self-reproach; remorse. -- Contrition, Attrition, repentance. -- Contrition is deep sorrow and self-condemnation, with through repetance for sin because it is displeasing to God, and implies a feeling of love toward God. Attrition is sorrow for sin, or imperfect repentance produced by fear of punishment or a sense of the baseness of sin. Repentance is a penitent renunciation of, and turning from, sin; thorough repentance produces a new life. Repentance is often used as synonymous with contrition. See Compunction.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

contrition

con tri tion |kənˈtriSHən kənˈtrɪʃən | ▶noun the state of feeling remorseful and penitent. • (in the Roman Catholic Church ) the repentance of past sins during or after confession: prayers of contrition. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from late Latin contritio (n- ), from contrit- ‘ground down, ’ from the verb conterere (see contrite ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

contrition

con |tri ¦tion |kənˈtrɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state of feeling remorseful and penitent. • (in the Roman Catholic Church ) the repentance of past sins during or after confession. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from late Latin contritio (n- ), from contrit- ‘ground down ’, from the verb conterere (see contrite ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

contrition

contrition noun the court-appointed psychiatrist was concerned about her lack of contrition: remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, penitence, sorrow, sorrowfulness, regret, ruefulness, pangs of conscience; shame, guilt, compunction; archaic rue.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

contrition

contrition noun his eyes were full of contrition: remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, penitence, sorrow, sorrowfulness, regret, contriteness, ruefulness, pangs of conscience, prickings of conscience; shame, guilt, self-reproach, self-condemnation, compunction; archaic rue; rare sorriness.

 

French Dictionary

contrition

contrition n. f. nom féminin littéraire Remords. : Réciter un acte de contrition.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

contrition

con tri tion /kəntrɪ́ʃ (ə )n /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠(犯した罪 悪業などについての )後悔, 自責の念 .