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140 entries under noun topic. ×
| regret(action, distress, shame, blame) | |
| shame(blame, sorrow, fault, responsibility) | |
| repentance(feeling, bad, worry, concern) | |
| remorse(feeling, worry, concern, distress) | |
| penitence(feeling, worry, concern, distress) | |
| compunction(feeling, worry, concern, distress) | |
| contriteness(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| guilt(confusion, shame, blame, sorrow) | |
| sorrow(worry, concern, shame, woe) | |
| penance(distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| attrition(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| rue(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| self-reproach(worry, concern, distress, confusion) | |
| grief(worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| qualm(worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| humiliation(distress, confusion, shame, sorrow) | |
| penitency(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| regretfulness(worry, concern, shame, disappointment) | |
| ruefulness(worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| sorriness(sorrow, woe, grief, regret) |
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