contrition
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That gender-swap, delivered with musical contrition, was pure irony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Davis offered no words of contrition ahead of the sentence being handed down, vowing only to appeal the guilty finding.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
But Holbrook’s ambiguous turn leaves us uncertain how much his act of contrition is meant to make himself feel better, as opposed to helping Mariam and her family heal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Alongside the cancellation announcement, Galliano expressed further contrition.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
My mother can easily speak to a priest in a darkened confessional; can easily make an act of self-revelation using the impersonal formula of ritual contrition: ‘Bless me, Father, for I have sinned....’
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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