- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|94
- Abbreviations|0
47 entries under noun topic. ×
| contrition(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| remorse(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| repentance(feeling, bad, distress, shame) | |
| attrition(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| penitence(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| sorrow(shame, anguish, humiliation, grief) | |
| shame(sorrow, anguish, regret, repentance) | |
| compunction(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| guilt(shame, sorrow, anguish, grief) | |
| rue(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| self-reproach(distress, shame, sorrow, anguish) | |
| apology(repentance, remorse, penitence) | |
| grief(distress, shame, sorrow, anguish) | |
| penitency(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| qualm(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation) | |
| abrasion | |
| atonement(shame, sorrow, regret, repentance) | |
| remorsefulness(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| ruefulness(distress, shame, sorrow, anguish) | |
| sorriness(sorrow, regret) |
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