contrition
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I can still recite the Act of Contrition exactly as we learned it.
From Washington Post • May 24, 2019
Contrition and remorse for their youthful antics are almost too present in the book, I felt, because the gesture serves as a stand-in for a deeper self-scrutiny and disclosure.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2018
Contrition was in order for Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, who said Thursday that he regretted comparing Rudolph W. Giuliani, the public face of President Trump’s legal team, to a pig in several interviews Wednesday.
From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2018
Contrition has been shown and apologies made to those affected – and I will say that I can still count as friends all the women I ever had a relationship with.
From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2015
We have to know by heart all the prayers, the Hail Mary, the Our Father, the Confiteor, the Apostles’ Creed, the Act of Contrition, the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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