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Webster 1828 Edition


Uncontrite

UNCON'TRITE

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Adj.
Not contrite; not penitent.

Definition 2024


uncontrite

uncontrite

English

Adjective

uncontrite (comparative more uncontrite, superlative most uncontrite)

  1. Not contrite.
    • 1921, Harry Leon Wilson, The Wrong Twin:
      Merle gazed with horror upon the apparently uncontrite fratricide.
    • 2007 June 15, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader:
      Though largely uncontrite, parson Samuel Parris, a driving force behind the witch hunt, did receive some punishment when the town, cash-strapped and feeling a little used, decided not to pay his salary.