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bitterness
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anguish(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation)
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bad conscience
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breast-beating
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confession
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heartache
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humiliation(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation)
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lamentation
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mortification
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pangs of conscience(expression, idiom, shame, sorrow)
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penance(distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
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anxiety
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compassion(shame, sorrow, anguish, regret)
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dent
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embarrassment
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erosion
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excoriation
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friction
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guilty conscience
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incision
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