War of contrition
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As opposed to a [war of attrition], wherein two or more parties wear each other down over a period of time, a [war of contrition] is a situation where two or more parties wont stop apologising to each other.
Usually this happens because everyone is eager to avoid confrontation but if often leads to further [disagreement].
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