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contrition(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
11
remorse(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
11
repentance(feeling, bad, distress, shame)
10
attrition(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
9
penitence(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
7
sorrow(shame, anguish, humiliation, grief)
6
shame(sorrow, anguish, regret, repentance)
5
compunction(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
5
guilt(shame, sorrow, anguish, grief)
5
rue(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
5
self-reproach(distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
4
apology(repentance, remorse, penitence)
4
grief(distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
3
penitency(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
3
qualm(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation)
2
abrasion
2
atonement(shame, sorrow, regret, repentance)
2
remorsefulness(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
2
ruefulness(distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
2
sorriness(sorrow, regret)
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