Abject and Contrite

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Abject adjective - Showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness.

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Contrite and abject are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Contrite" instead an adjective "Abject".

Nearby Words: abjection, abjectly

Contrite adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.

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Abject and contrite are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abject" instead an adjective "Contrite".

Nearby Words: contrition, contritely

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