Pronunciation: &-'tri-sh&n, a-
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin attrition-, attritio, from atterere to rub against, from ad- + terere to rub -- more at THROW
- [Middle English attricioun, from Medieval Latin attrition-, attritio, from Latin] : sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God
- the act of rubbing
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