Definition of Contrite

feeling or showing remorse or regret

Examples of Contrite in a sentence

The contrite young boy apologized to his parents for breaking the window and took on extra household chores to cover the cost of repairing it.  🔊

Feeling ashamed and contrite, I apologized for yelling at my mother and promised never to do it again.  🔊

Because he wasn’t contrite, the judge sentenced the unremorseful man to the maximum number of years.  🔊

Don't you have any contrite in your heart for murdering my brother?!  🔊

The unrepentant husband remained contrite even when faced with the damaged his affair had caused.  🔊

The local news was noticeably contrite and apologized to viewers for the countless on-air technical difficulties.  🔊

Though she claimed to be contrite, the woman was truly shameless.  🔊

The guilty defendant seemed contrite for his actions, crying a river before the courtroom, and he even went as far as demanding 500 hours of community service.  🔊

Since you wrote a contrite letter expressing remorse, I will forgive and accept you back into my life.  🔊

When the guilty verdict was read, the defendant lowered her head to the ground, visibly contrite.  🔊

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