Hypertext Webster Gateway: "attrite"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Attrite \At*trite"\, a. [L. attritus, p. p. of atterere; ad +
terere to rub. See {Trite}.]
1. Rubbed; worn by friction. --Milton.

2. (Theol.) Repentant from fear of punishment; having
attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to {contrite}.


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