Contrite /(?; 277)/

Con·trite

Contrite

a.
  1. Thoroughly bruised or broken. [Obs.]
  2. Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent.
    A contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
    — Ps. li. 17.
    Be penitent, and for thy fault contrite.

Contrite

n.
  1. A contrite person.

Contrite

v.
  1. In a contrite manner.