CONTRITION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
   Synonym(s)
   • attrition (what does attrition mean?)
   • contriteness (what does contriteness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) contrition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sorrow (what does sorrow mean?)
   • regret (what does regret mean?)
   • rue (what does rue mean?)
   • ruefulness (what does ruefulness mean?)