Both Uses
contrite
in
The Guardian, by Nicholas Sparks
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- He smiled, looking contrite, a kid with his hand caught in the cookie jar.
Chpt 11 *contrite = feeling sorrow or regret for a fault or offense
- He sounded both sincere and contrite, but she held up her hands to stop him.†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(contrite) feeling sorrow or regret for a fault or offense
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)