How do you demonstrate contrition?

For a person to experience any degree of genuine “contrition” which could prompt them to change their ways, two things must occur: (1) they not only have to feel genuinely badly about what they have done (i.e. guilty), but (2) they must also be internally unnerved about the kind of person they must have allowed ...

What is true contrition?

In Christianity, contrition or contriteness (from the Latin contritus 'ground to pieces', i.e. crushed by guilt) is repentance for sins one has committed. ... A central concept in much of Christianity, contrition is regarded as the first step, through Christ, towards reconciliation with God.