Both Uses of
contrite
in
Cold Sassy Tree
- She would be thinking that when you've married somebody else's husband, if you play on her pi-ana it ought to be a contrite hymn that starts, "Lord, my sins be as scarlet" or "Too shamed to lift my head, Lord, too stained to hope for Heaven."†
- he didn't look contrite or guilty,
*contrite = feeling sorrow or regret for a fault or offense
Definition:
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(contrite) feeling sorrow or regret for a fault or offense