Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun contriteness

1 sense of contriteness

Sense 1
attrition, contrition, contriteness -- (sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation)
       => sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness -- (sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game")