act of contrition meaning

• noun (RC)
    A prayer expressing penitence

• Since then, the government has made acts of contrition.
• And a tiny plastic card with the Act of Contrition.
• These acts of contrition are less persuasive for their frequency.
• But Sun suggested that further acts of contrition were needed.
• Or will it be an authentically religious act of contrition ?-0-
• But what can these formal acts of contrition achieve?
• I will be criticized by all sides for my late act of contrition,
• I will be criticized by all sides for my late act of contrition.
• There is not a single teardrop or act of contrition for past atrocities.
• The Jewish volume is also an act of contrition of sorts for Greece.

• "act of contrition" meaning in Chinese: [网络] 忏悔之举；痛悔经；痛悔短祷
• "act of contrition" meaning in Japanese: 痛悔の祈り
• "act of contrition" meaning in Korean: 통회 기도
• "act of contrition" meaning in French: acte de contrition