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con·trite [kənˈtraɪt] ADJ form liter

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

contrite expression
contrite apology

Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

Yes, Thomas Mann approached his topic in a much more moralistic way.

His wonderful novel is, after all, a contrite self-mortification of German culture.

Aesthetically terrific, politically foolish.

www.polzer.net

Ja, Thomas Mann ging bedeutend moralistischer an sein Thema heran.

Sein wundervoller Roman ist eben doch eine zerknirschte Selbstkasteiung der deutschen Kultur.

Ästhetisch grandios, politisch töricht.

www.polzer.net

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