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"ref": "1779, John Newton, William Cowper, Olney Hymns, London: W. Oliver, page 81",
"text": "The Lord will happineſs divine / On contrite hearts beſtow : / Then tell me, gracious God, is mine / A contrite heart, or no ?",
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "悔悟了的"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "后悔的"
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "kajícný"
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "rouwvol"
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
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"word": "ngākau iro"
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"roman": "pachtāvā",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "ਪਛਤਾਵਾ ਗਰਸਤ"
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"roman": "kajuščijsja",
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "ångerfull"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "nagagatik"
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"ref": "a. 1600, Richard Hooker [uncertain], “Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie”, in The Works of Mr. Richard Hooker, London: J. Best, published 1662, book VI, page 178",
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "разкаян"
},
{
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
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},
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "悔悟了的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "后悔的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "met berouw"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "katuva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
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},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contrit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "reuevoll"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "zerknirscht"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "syntetrimménos",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "συντετριμμένος"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "croíbhrúite"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "paenitens"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
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},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
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},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "contrito"
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"code": "pa",
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"roman": "pachtāvā",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "ਪਛਤਾਵਾ ਗਰਸਤ"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "кающийся"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
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"masculine"
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "es",
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},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "sincerely penitent",
"word": "ångerfull"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sincerely penitent",
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"code": "uk",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "cy",
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"word": "edifeiriol"
}
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}
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