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  • The pacing is quick, the grotesque touches plentiful: a corpse in a dishwasher, an overweight Dorothy singing "Over the Rainbow" at the Tin Woodman's funeral, a burned-out nightclub duo known as The Contrition Sisters, who secretly double as call girls.

    What's New, Copycat? 2008

  • 'Contrition' replaces 'atone'; potential for reparations is issue

    From On High 2007

  • A. "Contrition" means a state of grief or deep sorrow for our sins.

    Baltimore Catechism No. 3 (of 4) Anonymous

  • There is also a need for genuine contrition: "Contrition, which is the most important element of penance, is a sorrow of the soul, a hatred of all the sins that have been committed, and a desire not to sin again in the future.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • There is also a need for genuine contrition: "Contrition, which is the most important element of penance, is a sorrow of the soul, a hatred of all the sins that have been committed, and a desire not to sin again in the future.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • Bring your best and biggest Acts of Contrition book ratchere, I am going to need it! sharon

    You can have my power suit « Dating Jesus 2009

  • Contrition or lack thereof aside, their respective contributions to LVMH, CBS and Warner Bros. are over for now.

    Lessons From Celebrity Messes James B. Stewart 2011

  • Contrition aplenty here from the house of Murdoch, but a mighty roar of rage from aggrieved souls on his Wall Street Journal.

    Hugh Muir's diary 2011

  • I already gave him a few thousand Hail Mary's and Our Father's and a few dozen Acts of Contrition, sitting in the booth with some wrinkled old priest getting off on my confessions, probably jerking off in there for all I know.

    We're All Guys Here Thomas Pluck 2011

  • She had sex with strangers to force retribution as an Act of Contrition, a form of confession and to keep them from knowing her pain

    She Had Sex With Strangers MaryAnne Kolton 2011

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