contrition

Example Sentences

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The public apology only came after the Telegraph story - but we don't know what contrition had been expressed internally.

From BBC

By expressing contrition over her long history of trolling, which is how she rose to fame in the first place, Greene has been catching big headlines.

From Salon

"Far from distancing himself from his earlier extremist views, he confirms that he still holds them. Far from showing contrition, he is presenting himself as the victim of a conspiracy," he added.

From BBC

Its old meaning was an act of clemency extended by a legal authority in recognition of a convicted person’s contrition and commitment to reform.

From The Wall Street Journal

And the old political playbook — confession, contrition, capitulation — is obviously no longer operative, as candidates find it not only possible but even advantageous to brazen their way through storms of uproar and opprobrium.

From Los Angeles Times