Crossword-Solution: ATTRITE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Attrite | a. | Rubbed; worn by friction. |
| Attrite | a. | Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ATTRITE | anagram | TATTIER, TITRATE |
We have 12 clues for the answer “ATTRITE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Diminish by harassment | 1 answer |
| Downsize without layoffs | 1 answer |
| Having grief for sin: Theol. | 1 answer |
| In a worn state | 1 answer |
| Opposite of contrite. | 1 answer |
| Penitent through fear: Theol. | 1 answer |
| Reduce through retirement | 1 answer |
| WORN by friction | 1 answer |
| Worn by friction: Obs. | 1 answer |
| Worn by rubbing | 1 answer |
| Worn down by friction. | 1 answer |
| Worn down by friction: Rare. | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AERTE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ATTRITE (4)
Bernard also a heretic?] Do they still dare deny that by faith we obtain the remission of sins, or that faith is a part of repentance? Thirdly, the adversaries say that sin is remitted; because an attrite or contrite person elicits an act of love to God [if we undertake from reason to love God], and by this act merits to receive the remission of sins.
The first is its obvious reliance on large numbers of highly capable (and expensive) platforms such as the M-1 tank, F-14,15, and 18 aircraft and CVN/DDG-51/SSN-688 ships designed principally to be used jointly or individually to destroy and attrite other forces and supporting capability.
Requirements for Lawful or Fruitful Reception of a Sacrament by an Adult.--(a) Worthiness of the Recipient from Divine Law.--The two Sacraments of the Dead, Baptism and Penance, were intended by Christ to be means of forgiveness to the repentant, and hence they require at least that the recipient believe himself attrite.
The summit of the arch and the water-worn pillars upon either side display "pot-holes" and other evidences of erosion, and in the bed of the current lie fragments of similarly attrite rocks which seem to indicate that at some period a series of arches spanned the entire space from mountain to mountain.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, NYT.
Used 14 times in crossword archives (1943–2012).