contrition in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for contrition in the English»Bulgarian Dictionary (Go to Bulgarian»English)

Translations for contrition in the Bulgarian»English Dictionary (Go to English»Bulgarian)

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The chaplet begins with an act of contrition.
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The debate between the respective roles of contrition and attrition was one of the motives of his imprisonment.
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Displays of contrition or appeals for mercy are not a condition for such a release.
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Only contrition frees from sin not repentance of any material or spiritual character almost like a compensation for the sin.
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The second theme in the minor, expresses the more personal note of sadness, of appeal and contrition.
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The penitent then prays an act of contrition and the priest administers absolution, formally forgiving the person of his sins.
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A sin is committed by the consent, so it is blotted out by the dissent of the rational will; hence contrition is essentially sorrow.
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Third, the violent partner makes gestures of contrition.
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Before the absolution, the penitent makes an act of contrition, a prayer declaring sorrow for sin.
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He was an attritionist, holding that imperfect contrition ("attritio") was sufficient to receive the sacrament.
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