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20 entries under penitence topic. ×
| contrition(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| remorse(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| repentance(noun, feeling, bad, distress, shame) | |
| attrition(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| penitence(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| compunction(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| rue(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| self-reproach(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish) | |
| apology(noun, repentance, remorse) | |
| grief(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish) | |
| penitency(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| atonement(noun, shame, sorrow, regret, repentance) | |
| remorsefulness(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| ruefulness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish) | |
| anguish(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation) | |
| breast-beating | |
| confession | |
| degradation(distress, shame, sorrow, repentance) | |
| distress(shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) | |
| penance(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish) |
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