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act of contrition |
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act of contrition n (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a short prayer of penitence How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They may even
refrain from making an act of contrition or from going to Confession,
not being sure that God can really turn our sins from being scarlet to
become as white as snow. She
rejects her religion, takes to wearing scary red eye-shadow, even chops
off one of her fingers as an act of contrition in front of the dead
boy's appalled parents. Eventually, she returns in disgrace to her
beloved achuchetan in the village where, immediately upon arrival and as
an act of contrition, she switches from her skirt to the pawada. |
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