Contrite (adj)
kon-try-t
Feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong.
Middle English: from Old French contrit, from Latin contritus, past participle of conterere ‘grind down, wear away’, from con- ‘together’ + terere ‘rub’.
Example sentences
“She was contrite about her previous assumptions.”
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