CONTRITE

regretful

pertinent

seeking forgiveness

/feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

SYN - remorseful, rueful

"After having commited such a horrible crime it was only natural for him to be so contrite."

"What bothered him was not her actions persay, but it was that she didn't feel even a little contrite about them."

"It was her refusal and inability to ever be contrite about anything she did that had been so frustrating for him."

"whereas he had always felt genuine contrite for the sins he would inevitably commit, she saw such remorsefulness as a character flaw and never sought forgiveness -- as if by doing so she would have to admit she was wrong and not this perfect being she had believed herself to be."