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    contrite

    contrite - Dictionary definition and meaning for word contrite

    Definition
    (adj) feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
    Synonyms : remorseful , rueful , ruthful
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for contrite

SPLIT AS cont (COUNT) - rite (RIGHT). COUNT THE CASH RIGHT, ELSE YOU WILL REGRET IT.

for being a conTRITE i.e lacking originality ,i REGRET

can't(CONT) I did it right(RITE)... so regretful

CON ( a convict or con artist ) TRITE ( hackneyed ) ... A con starts to regret things only if he is being caught again and again !

I feel contrite because I didn't do it right...

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CONT+RITE= Cant + right= I regret that I cant do anything rite.

count right otherwise contrite

one who counts right feels pain for wrong thing done by him

This is for Spanish speakers. CON is with, and TRITE sounds like the Spanish word triste, meaning sad. So "with sadness" is contrite.

Contrite = Coulnd't right or couldn't be righteous

if u do not regret ur mistake i will pull ur "kaan(con)" tight(trite)

he said i cant do it right..he is very remorseful,sad now

Contrite -- co + nitrite conversion of nitrite... He filled with a sense of guilt for not able to perform nitrite conversions

contrite sounds like CAN WRITE..I'm so Sorry(expressing pain for offenses)that i CAN even WRITE it down on a paper.

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