Contritenesses [noun]

What could he do but kiss her quivering lips and smile at the whimsical way in which she expressed her contriteness?

"Oh, I hope I ain't been too familiar," he added, with sudden contriteness.

(Worship God in spirit and with the contriteness of thy spirit).

When he had caught up with her, his contriteness was such that she was willing to believe he had not meant to insult her.

But, instead of saying that, he stood looking at me, with a tragically humble sort of contriteness.

"Yes, it's very thoughtless of us," murmured Neil with deep contriteness.

"I am inexcusably awkward," he avowed with engaging contriteness.

There was no contriteness in his heart; no impression had been made upon him.

Dr. Bemis's voice changed from harsh tenseness to contriteness.