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-- repentance; penitence; humiliation;
compunction; self-reproach; remorse. -- Contrition,
Attrition, repentance. -- Contrition is deep
sorrow and self-condemnation, with through repetance for sin
because it is displeasing to God, and implies a feeling of love
toward God. Attrition is sorrow for sin, or imperfect
repentance produced by fear of punishment or a sense of the
baseness of sin. Repentance is a penitent renunciation of,
and turning from, sin; thorough repentance produces a new life.
Repentance is often used as synonymous with
contrition. See Compunction.

Con*trit"u*rate (?; 135), v. t.
To triturate; to pulverize. [R.]

Con*triv"a*ble (?), a. Capable
of being contrived, planned, invented, or devised.

A perpetual motion may seem easily
contrivable.

Bp. Wilkins.

Con*triv"ance (?), n.
1. The act or faculty of contriving,
inventing, devising, or planning.

The machine which we are inspecting demonstrates,
by its construction, contrivance and design.
Contrivance must have had a contriver.

Paley.

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