Both Uses
contrite
in
Through the Tunnel
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- Contrition sent him running after her.†
*contrition = sorrow or regret for a fault or offense
- "Oh, no!" he said quickly, smiling at her out of that unfailing impulse of contrition—a sort of chivalry Yet, walking down the path with her, he blurted out, "I'd like to go and have a look at those rocks down there."†
Definitions:
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(1)
(contrite) feeling sorrow or regret for a fault or offense
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)