23 entries under contrition topic. ×

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contriteness(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
7
penitence(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
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compunction(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
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remorse(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
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repentance(noun, feeling, bad, distress, shame)
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rue(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
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remorsefulness(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
3
penance(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
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sorrow(noun, shame, anguish, humiliation, regret)
2
atonement(noun, shame, sorrow, regret, forfeit)
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degradation(noun, cut, decline, decrease, distress)
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grief(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
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self-reproach(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
2
shame(noun, sorrow, anguish, regret, scruple)
1
anguish(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation)
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debasement(noun, cut, decline, decrease, distress)
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distress(shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance, penitence)
1
humbling(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance)
1
ruefulness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
1
sadness(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance)
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