Both Uses of
contrite
in
Gone with the Wind
- Confess your sins and do penance for them in sorrow and contrition," Ellen had told her a hundred times and, in this crisis, Ellen's religious training came back and gripped her.†
Chpt 5.55
- She looked at the dazed hurt faces of India and Pitty and contrition swept her.†
Chpt 5.62 *
Definition:
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(contrite) feeling sorrow or regret for a fault or offense