| contrite(adjective, sad, humble, regret, remorse) |
| sorry(adjective, sad, unhappy, regret, remorse) |
| remorseful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorry, regret) |
| repentant(adjective, sad, unhappy, regret, remorse) |
| regretful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorry, regret) |
| penitent(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) |
| rueful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorry, regret) |
| conscience-stricken(adjective, sad, unhappy) |
| excusatory |
| ashamed(adjective, sorry, guilty, embarrassed, regretful) |
| compunctious(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorry, regret) |
| guilty |
| penitential(adjective, sad, unhappy, regret, remorse) |
| apologia(noun, attack, statement, justification) |
| apology(noun, attack, statement, justification) |
| atoning(adjective, sorry, regret, remorse, penitent) |
| bad(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorry) |
| defense(noun, attack, statement, justification) |
| justification(noun, attack, statement) |
| propitiatory(adjective, sorry, regret, remorse, remorseful) |