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act of contrition

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act of contrition
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a short prayer of penitence
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Paul Wilkes's article left me dumbfounded at his audacity to give patients the Eucharist after a simple act of contrition, even though they were not in good standing in the Catholic Church.
Privileged service by Ward, Veronica; Perego, Martha / U.S. Catholic
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But when Thao’s family sends Thao to Walt’s house to apologize for his attempted theft of Walt’s Gran Torino, and to offer his free services for a few weeks as an act of contrition, Walt begins to look at his neighbors in a new light.
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