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- pronunciation:
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traIt
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kan
traIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
feeling deep guilt for one's wrongdoing or shortcoming and desiring to make amends for it; remorseful; repentant.
He was contrite when he returned, and he begged for her forgiveness.- synonyms:
- compunctious, guilty, penitent, remorseful, repentant
- similar words:
- mortified, regretful, rueful, sorry
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| definition 2: |
resulting from or expressing remorse.
a contrite apology- synonyms:
- remorseful, repentant
- similar words:
- apologetic, rueful
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| related words: |
bad |
| derivations: |
contritely (adv.), contriteness (n.) |
The word contrite
contains the following parts:
trit
Latin
root
that means friction, wearing away
  Example words:
-ite1
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means in a state or condition (produced by the action denoted by the verb base)
More about this word part:
The suffix -ite1 attaches to Latin roots, as most English adjectives ending in -ite1 are loanwords from Latin, specifically from past participles of verbs formed with the suffix -itus.
Example words:
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