"Act of contrition" nghĩa là gì?

Main altarpiece, Jakarta cathedral. Photo courtesy mattjlc.

'Act of contrition' (trong Thiên chúa giáo La Mã) nghĩa là lời cầu nguyện sám hối (a penitential prayer).

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In one act of contrition, a group of women began bicycling from Belgrade to Srebrenica to honour (tôn kính, tôn vinh) the Bosniak victims; in a similar spirit, plans were made for thousands of people to lie down in front of the Serbian parliament to mourn them.

The “Today” interview was expected to be a sincere but pro forma (chiếu lệ, theo quy ước) act of contrition to clear the air (xua tan không khí nặng nề do hiểu lầm hay nghi kị gây ra) before Mr. Williams goes back to work and Lester Holt takes over his former job. Instead, it was a tortured mea culpa (lỗi tại tôi mọi đằng) that didn’t close a chapter. Mostly it raised more questions and gave hardened media scolds (rầy la, quở trách) another chance to castigate (khiển trách, trừng trị) a man who has been punished plenty.

After negotiating with euro zone leaders through the night, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was forced to agree Monday morning to what amounts to an act of contrition: As a precondition (điều kiện tiên quyết) to open talks on a fresh round of aid for the nearly bankrupt country, the Greek Parliament will first have to pass a long list of economic reforms to reestablish trust with its creditors — and fast.

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