Bible Dictionaries
Contrite
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A contrite person.
(2):
(v.) In a contrite manner.
(3):
(a.) Thoroughly bruised or broken.
(4):
(a.) Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Contrite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/contrite.html. 1828.