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Search phrase: contrite

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Henry VH5 IV.i.289And on it have bestowed more contrite tearsAnd on it haue bestowed more contrite teares,

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1727 Her contrite sighs unto the clouds bequeathed Her contrite sighes vnto the clouds bequeathed

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compunctiousremorseful, contrite, conscience-stricken

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contritecompunctious

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CONTRITEBASICcontrite adj

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