Term

Attrition

Imperfect sorrow for sin arising from fear.

Filed underAnthropology & Hamartiology

Definition

Imperfect sorrow for sin, arising from fear.

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Sources

  1. 1.Childress, James F., and John Macquarrie, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986). 46Original citation: Childress, James F., and John Macquarrie, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986, 46.

Last revised August 14, 2026