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Meaning of contritio | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. grief, contrition
  2. destruction, ruin
    Ecclesiastical, Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-3
  3. Equivalent to 'Contrition': The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse.

Equivalents

Examples

“Os stultī contrītiō eius: et labia illīus ruīna animae eius. The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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