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contribution
late 14c., from L.
contributionem
, from
contribuere
"to bring together, add, contribute," from
com-
"together" +
tribuere
"to allot, pay" (see
tribute
). Used in Eng. in fig. sense of "crushed in spirit by a sense of sin."