The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word REMORSE , but the solution may also be REGRET which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Newsday).
Contrition crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REMORSE | 50 % | 7 |
| PENITENCE | 18 % | 9 |
| REGRET | 14 % | 6 |
| PENANCE | 7 % | 7 |
| REPENTANCE | 7 % | 10 |
| GUILT | 4 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Contrition
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- contriteness
- attrition
- repentance
- remorse
- apology
- regret
- concession
- grant
- sorrow
- penitence
- contrite
- absolution
Crossword Answer definitions
REMORSE noun- A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.
- Sorrow; pity; compassion.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result REMORSE
- Self-reproach
- Compunction
- Atoner's emotion
- "One man's ___ is another man's reminiscence": Ogden Nash
- Contrition
- Moral anguish
- Breast-beating
- Retrospective regret
- Sorrowful feeling
- Guilt
More clues leading to the result PENITENCE
More clues leading to the result REGRET
- Feel contrition
- "King Lear" theme
- Have second thoughts
- Feeling of rue
- Feel remorse
- Lament
- Feel sorry about
- Rue
- Feel contrite about
- Be sorry for
More clues leading to the result PENANCE
- Confession follow-up
- Act of contrition
- Atonement
- Sinner's punishment
- Catholic sacrament
- What a person in a hair shirt is probably doing
- Atonement for sins
- Hail Marys, often
- Catholic sacrament of confession and forgiveness
- Something to do