Crossword clues for contrition
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contrition \Con*tri"tion\, n. [F. contrition, L. contritio.]
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The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing. [Obs.]
The breaking of their parts into less parts by contrition.
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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.
Usage: 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, contrycyun, from Old French contriciun (Modern French contrition) and directly from Latin contritionem (nominative contritio), noun of action from past participle stem of conterere (see contrite).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse. 2 The act of grinding or rubbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing.
WordNet
n. sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation [syn: attrition, contriteness]
Wikipedia
In Christian theology, contrition or contriteness (from the Latin contritus 'ground to pieces', i.e. crushed by guilt) is repentance for sins one has committed. The remorseful person is said to be contrite.
It is a key concept in Christianity. Through Christ, who is the mediator between God and man in most Christian religions, contrition becomes the first step towards reconciliation with God. In the Catholic Church, absolution of sins ordinarily occurs in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. However, most Protestant denominations do not see confession through a priest as necessary for forgiveness. Both Catholicism and many branches of Protestantism see contrition as the first step towards forgiveness of sins, regarding it requisite for divine forgiveness (see regeneration and ordo salutis). It consists of repentance for all one's sins, a desire for God over sin, and faith in Christ's redemption on the cross and its sufficiency for salvation.
Exhortations to the value and necessity for repentance are common: "I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from His way and live" ( Ezekiel: 33, 11); "...But unless you repent, you too will perish" ( Luke 13:5). At times this repentance includes exterior acts of satisfaction ( Psalms 6:7 sqq.); it always implies a recognition of wrong done to God, a detestation of the evil wrought, and a desire to turn from evil and do good. This is expressed in Psalm 51 (1-12):
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me. Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; ...Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part Thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which Thou hast broken may rejoice. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
More clearly does this appear in the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican (Luke 18:9-13), and more clearly still in the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32): "Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before thee: I am not worthy to be called thy son".
Usage examples of "contrition".
Indulgence to the effect following, namely, that as long as they continue in the verity of the faith, the unity of the Holy Roman Church, in obedience and in devotion to your holiness and your successors, the Chief Pontiffs of the Holy Roman Church, who shall be canonically elected, so long a suitable Confessor chosen by them shall have power under the authority of the Apostolic See to grant to them when in articulo mortis full remission of all sin which they may have confessed with contrition of heart.
Whether Contrition, Confession, and Satisfaction Are Fittingly Assigned As Parts of Penance?
Objection 1: It would seem that contrition, confession, and satisfaction are not fittingly assigned as parts of Penance.
I was born and brought up in Glamorganshire, and old men have wept as they told me of the weeping and contrition that there was when the Red Priest broke the Bread and raised the Cup.
Father Looney told me to make a good Act of Contrition, and he gave me a milder penance than I had anticipated, just a little bouquet of Hail, Marys and a few Our Fathers.
And this grief in Christ surpassed all grief of every contrite heart, both because it flowed from a greater wisdom and charity, by which the pang of contrition is intensified, and because He grieved at the one time for all sins, according to Isa.
Pere Lactance and Gabriel, a Franciscan brother, and one of the exorcists, exhorted all present with great fervour to lift up their hearts to God and to make an act of contrition for the offences committed against His divine majesty, and to pray that the number of their sins might not be an obstacle to the fulfilment of the plans which He in His providence had formed for the promotion of His glory on that occasion, and to give outward proof of their heartfelt grief by repeating the Confiteor as a preparation for the blessing of the Lord Bishop of Poitiers.
It would be, after what has already been pointed out in brighter incidents, affectation not to say, that these sad bursts of feeling and wild paroxysms, bear strong indications of having been suggested by the wreck of his domestic happiness, and dictated by contrition for the part he had himself taken in the ruin.
Thereupon Pere Lactance and Gabriel, a Franciscan brother, and one of the exorcists, exhorted all present with great fervour to lift up their hearts to God and to make an act of contrition for the offences committed against His divine majesty, and to pray that the number of their sins might not be an obstacle to the fulfilment of the plans which He in His providence had formed for the promotion of His glory on that occasion, and to give outward proof of their heartfelt grief by repeating the Confiteor as a preparation for the blessing of the Lord Bishop of Poitiers.
Further, contrition should be "wonder sorrowful and anguishous," and also continual, with steadfast purpose of confession and amendment.
To very perfect penitence are behoveful and necessary three things: contrition of heart, confession of mouth, and satisfaction.
He had to be able to say his corans had conceived the scheme without his knowledge or consent, and then hasten to a temple of Rian and make appropriate gestures of contrition.
Since her eighteenth birthday she had been carrying a certain innocence like a penny candle, sheltering the flame under a ringless hand still soft with baby fat, redeemed from all stain by her candid eyes and small mouth and a girl's body entirely honest as any act of contrition.
I have spoken apology and contrition and sympathy and brotherly love.
The deluded conspirators attended the funeral of their injured sovereign, with sincere or well-feigned contrition, and submitted to the unanimous resolution of the military order, which was signified by the following epistle: "The brave and fortunate armies to the senate and people of Rome.