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• ATTRITION (Lat. attritio, formed from atterere, to rub away)

ATTRITION (See also:

• LAT

Lat. attritio, formed from atterere, to rub away)  , a rubbing away; a See also:

• TERM

term used in See also:

• PATHOLOGY (from Gr. raBos, suffering)

pathology and See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology . Theologians have also distinguished " See also:

• ATTRITION (Lat. attritio, formed from atterere, to rub away)

attrition " from " contrition " in the See also:

• MATTER

matter of See also:

• SIN
• SIN (O. Eng. syn: a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zonde, Ger. Siinde)

sin, as an imperfect See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage in the See also:

• PROCESS

process of repentance; attrition being due to servile fear of the consequences of sin, contrition to filial fear of See also:

• GOD

God and hatred of sin for His See also:

• SAKE

sake . It has been held among the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholics that in the See also:

• SACRAMENT

sacrament of See also:

• PENANCE (Old Fr. penance, fr. Lat. poenitentia, penitence)

penance attrition becomes contrition .