33 entries under repentance topic. ×

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contrition(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
11
remorse(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
10
attrition(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
9
penitence(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
7
sorrow(noun, shame, anguish, humiliation, grief)
6
shame(noun, sorrow, anguish, regret)
5
compunction(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
5
guilt(noun, shame, sorrow, anguish, grief)
5
rue(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
5
self-reproach(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
4
apology(noun, remorse, penitence)
4
grief(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
3
penitency(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
3
qualm(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation)
2
atonement(noun, shame, sorrow, regret)
2
remorsefulness(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
2
ruefulness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
2
self-condemnation(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation)
1
anguish(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation)
1
debasement(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation)
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