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Brokenness   Listen
noun
Brokenness  n.  
1.
The state or quality of being broken; unevenness.
2.
Contrition; as, brokenness of heart.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Brokenness" Quotes from Famous Books



... soul! It is not thy words that God so much regards, as that he will not mind thee, except thou comest before him with some eloquent oration. His eye is on the brokenness of thine heart; and that it is that makes the very bowels of the Lord to run over. "A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan
... once smiling, or shewing by his looks any respect or distinction of persons, but evincing an extreme pride and thorough contempt for all around him. Yet I could perceive that he was every now and then assailed by some inward trouble, and a kind of distraction and brokenness in his thoughts, as he often answered suitors in a disjointed manner, as if surprised, or not hearing what they had said. If I can judge, he has left his heart among his father's women, with whom he is allowed to converse. The day before, Noormahal went to ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX. • Robert Kerr
... lay quiet enough, but the remaining three swept in tempestuous chaos about the place. The table was wrecked—the furniture shattered—all were bleeding and panting in sob-like brokenness of breath. ...
— A Pagan of the Hills • Charles Neville Buck


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